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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 6.201: CONSANGUINITY.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
  4. CHAPTER 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. DECLARING A MARRIAGE VOID

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.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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