Texas Family Code

§ 9.202 — LIMITATIONS

FA § 9.202Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP · Part C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE · Ch. 9. POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS · Art. C. POST-DECREE DIVISION OF PROPERTY

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(a)A suit under this subchapter must be filed before the second anniversary of the date a former spouse unequivocally repudiates the existence of the ownership interest of the other former spouse and communicates that repudiation to the other former spouse.

(b)The two-year limitations period is tolled for the period that a court of this state does not have jurisdiction over the former spouses or over the property.

Legislative history

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