Texas Family Code - Section 6.202. Marriage During Existence Of Prior Marriage
Legal Research Home >
Texas Lawyer > Family Code > Texas Family Code - Section 6.202. Marriage During Existence Of Prior Marriage
§ 6.202. MARRIAGE DURING EXISTENCE OF PRIOR
MARRIAGE. (a) A marriage is void if entered into when either party
has an existing marriage to another person that has not been
dissolved by legal action or terminated by the death of the other
spouse.
(b) The later marriage that is void under this section
becomes valid when the prior marriage is dissolved if, after the
date of the dissolution, the parties have lived together as husband
and wife and represented themselves to others as being married.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Section: 6.106 6.107 6.108 6.109 6.110 6.111 6.201 6.202 6.203 6.204 6.205 6.206 6.301 6.302 6.303
Last modified: August 11, 2007
|
