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Tex. Family Code § 6.301: GENERAL RESIDENCY RULE FOR DIVORCE SUIT.
Where this section sits in the code
- FAMILY CODE
- TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
- SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
- SUBCHAPTER D. JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND RESIDENCE QUALIFICATIONS
A suit for divorce may not be maintained in this state unless at the time the suit is filed either the petitioner or the respondent has been:
(1) a domiciliary of this state for the preceding six-month period; and
(2) a resident of the county in which the suit is filed for the preceding 90-day period.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
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