Section 6.701 – Failure To Answer

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 6.701

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