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You cannot give someone permission to violate a protective order you have against them. Only the court can change the order.
Chapter 87 addresses modifying protective orders in instances of family violence. Section 87.001 allows any party to motion the court to modify a protective order. A protective order can be modified to add or remove kinds of protection.
A person protected by a protective order may also notify the court of any address or phone number changes.
Section 87.002 prevents a protective order from being extended beyond either:
If the respondent is imprisoned when the protective order is set to expire, the order is extended by one or two more years depending on the length of the sentence.
Even when a protective order can't be extended by modifying the order, it may be able to be renewed. To do this, a person would need to fill out a new protective order application no more than 30 days before it expires.
A person may also file for a new protective order after the previous one has expired. For more information, see the Getting an Order page.
Only certain people can request to have a protective order terminated. Who can make this request depends on what kind of protective order it is.
The applicant can file a motion to request that the court review and terminate the order. The court would then decide to either continue or terminate the order.
The applicant has to wait at least a year after the order was issued before filing this motion.
The protected party (or someone filing on their behalf, like a parent) can apply to terminate the order.
Note The library cannot tell you what the law means for your situation.