Texas Family Code

§ 6.201 — CONSANGUINITY

FA § 6.201Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Ch. 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Art. C. DECLARING A MARRIAGE VOID

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A marriage is void if one party to the marriage is related to the other as:

(1)an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;

(2)a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(3)a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption; or

(4)a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.

Legislative history

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