Section 6.308 – Exercising Partial Jurisdiction

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

(a) A court in which a suit for dissolution of a marriage is filed may exercise its jurisdiction over those portions of the suit for which it has authority.
(b) The court’s authority to resolve the issues in controversy between the parties may be restricted because the court lacks:

(1) the required personal jurisdiction over a nonresident party in a suit for dissolution of the marriage;
(2) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 152; or
(3) the required jurisdiction under Chapter 159.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 6.308

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