Section 6.105 – Under Influence Of Alcohol Or Narcotics

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if:

(1) at the time of the marriage the petitioner was under the influence of alcoholic beverages or narcotics and as a result did not have the capacity to consent to the marriage; and
(2) the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party to the marriage since the effects of the alcoholic beverages or narcotics ended.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 6.105

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