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Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.005: EVIDENCE RELATING TO MARITAL STATUS.
Where this section sits in the code
- CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE
- TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT
- CHAPTER 71. WRONGFUL DEATH; SURVIVAL; INJURIES OCCURRING OUT OF STATE
- SUBCHAPTER A. WRONGFUL DEATH
In an action under this subchapter, evidence of the actual ceremonial remarriage of the surviving spouse is admissible, if it is true, but the defense is prohibited from directly or indirectly mentioning or alluding to a common-law marriage, an extramarital relationship, or the marital prospects of the surviving spouse.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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