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

Tex. Family Code § 6.306: JURISDICTION TO ANNUL MARRIAGE.

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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 D. JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND RESIDENCE QUALIFICATIONS

(a) A suit for annulment of a marriage may be maintained in this state only if the parties were married in this state or if either party is domiciled in this state.

(b) A suit for annulment is a suit in rem, affecting the status of the parties to the marriage.

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

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