Texas Family Code - Section 6.109. Concealed Divorce
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§ 6.109. CONCEALED DIVORCE. (a) The court may grant an
annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if:
(1) the other party was divorced from a third party
within the 30-day period preceding the date of the marriage
ceremony;
(2) at the time of the marriage ceremony the
petitioner did not know, and a reasonably prudent person would not
have known, of the divorce; and
(3) since the petitioner discovered or a reasonably
prudent person would have discovered the fact of the divorce, the
petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party.
(b) A suit may not be brought under this section after the
first anniversary of the date of the marriage.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Section: 6.102 6.103 6.104 6.105 6.106 6.107 6.108 6.109 6.110 6.111 6.201 6.202 6.203 6.204 6.205
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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