Texas Family Code

§ 6.604 — INFORMAL SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE

FA § 6.604Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Ch. 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Art. G. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

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(a)The parties to a suit for dissolution of a marriage may agree to one or more informal settlement conferences and may agree that the settlement conferences may be conducted with or without the presence of the parties' attorneys, if any.

(b)A written settlement agreement reached at an informal settlement conference is binding on the parties if the agreement:

(1)provides, in a prominently displayed statement that is in boldfaced type or in capital letters or underlined, that the agreement is not subject to revocation;

(2)is signed by each party to the agreement; and

(3)is signed by the party's attorney, if any, who is present at the time the agreement is signed.

(c)If a written settlement agreement meets the requirements of Subsection (b), a party is entitled to judgment on the settlement agreement notwithstanding Rule 11, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, or another rule of law.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 477 (H.B. 202), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.