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Texas Family Code - Section 3.302. Spouse Missing On Public Service

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§ 3.302. SPOUSE MISSING ON PUBLIC SERVICE.  (a) If a 
spouse is reported by an executive department of the United States 
to be a prisoner of war or missing on the public service of the 
United States, the spouse of the prisoner of war or missing person 
may file a sworn petition stating the facts that make it desirable 
for the petitioner to manage, control, and dispose of the community 
property described or defined in the petition that would otherwise 
be subject to the sole or joint management, control, and 
disposition of the imprisoned or missing spouse.
	(b)  The petition may be filed in a court in the county in 
which the petitioner resided at the time the report was made not 
earlier than six months after the date of the notice that a spouse 
is reported to be a prisoner of war or missing on public service.  If 
both spouses were nonresidents of this state at the time the report 
was made, the petition shall be filed in a court in a county in which 
any part of the described or defined property is located.

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

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