Texas Family Code - Section 6.007. Confinement In Mental Hospital
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§ 6.007. CONFINEMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITAL. The court may
grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if at the time the suit is
filed:
(1) the other spouse has been confined in a state
mental hospital or private mental hospital, as defined in Section
571.003, Health and Safety Code, in this state or another state for
at least three years; and
(2) it appears that the hospitalized spouse's mental
disorder is of such a degree and nature that adjustment is unlikely
or that, if adjustment occurs, a relapse is probable.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Section: 5.108 6.001 6.002 6.003 6.004 6.005 6.006 6.007 6.008 6.101 6.102 6.103 6.104 6.105 6.106
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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