Texas Family Code

§ 6.202 — MARRIAGE DURING EXISTENCE OF PRIOR MARRIAGE

FA § 6.202Title 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)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, unless a putative spouse:

(1)did not know that the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage;

(2)has not lived together with the other party as spouses or represented himself or herself as married since the date the putative spouse knew the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage; and

(3)files a suit to declare the later marriage void not later than:

(A)the 30th day after the date the putative spouse knew that the later marriage was entered into when the other party had an existing marriage, unless the putative spouse is a person described by Paragraph (B); or

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 735 (H.B. 2240), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.