Section 1.102 – Most Recent Marriage Presumed Valid

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

When two or more marriages of a person to different spouses are alleged, the most recent marriage is presumed to be valid as against each marriage that precedes the most recent marriage until one who asserts the validity of a prior marriage proves the validity of the prior marriage.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 1.102

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.