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Chapter 36

Form 36-1

This request is to be inserted in a petition.

Include the following notice on the first page of the petition in which the request is inserted. See § 6 of the Introduction in vol­ume 1 of this manual concerning protection of sensitive data in filed documents.

NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT
CONTAINS SENSITIVE DATA

Request for Writ of Attachment

Petitioner applies for a writ of attachment of the person[s] of [name[s] of child[ren]] because [allege all facts that support the application].

Based on these facts, Petitioner believes that

Select one of the following.

Respondent’s continued possession of the child[ren] will create and is creating a serious, immediate threat to the child[ren]’s physical and emotional well-being.

Or

Respondent will remove the child[ren] from the jurisdiction of this Court unless the child[ren] [is/are] removed from Respondent’s possession.

Petitions in which attachment is requested should be verified with a jurat in substantially the following form. An unsworn dec­laration may be used in place of a verification. See form 8-27.

The undersigned states under oath: “I am Petitioner in the foregoing petition. I have personal knowledge of the facts and allegations stated in it, and they are true and correct.”

   
Affiant

SIGNED under oath before me on ___________________________________.

   
Notary Public, State of Texas