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

Tex. Family Code § 6.701: FAILURE TO ANSWER.

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  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 H. TRIAL AND APPEAL

In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.

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

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