Texas Family Code

§ 6.007 — CONFINEMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITAL

FA § 6.007Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Ch. 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Art. A. GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE AND DEFENSES

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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.

Legislative history

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