by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
(a) In this section, “civil union” means any relationship status other than marriage that: (1) is intended as an alternative to marriage or applies primarily to cohabitating persons; and(2) grants to the parties of the relationship legal protections,...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
Except for a marriage that would have been void under Section 6.201, a marriage that was entered into before January 1, 1970, in violation of the prohibitions of Article 496, Penal Code of Texas, 1925, is validated from the date the marriage commenced if the parties...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
(a) A marriage is void if entered into when either party has an existing marriage to another person that has not been dissolved by legal action or terminated by the death of the other spouse.(b) The later marriage that is void under this section becomes valid when the...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
A marriage is void if one party to the marriage is related to the other as:(1) an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;(2) a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;(3) a parent’s brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
Except as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 123, Estates Code, a marriage subject to annulment may not be challenged in a proceeding instituted after the death of either party to the marriage. Tex. Fam. Code ยง 6.111Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg....
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas
(a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if the marriage ceremony took place in violation of Section 2.204 during the 72-hour period immediately following the issuance of the marriage license.(b) A suit may not be brought under...
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