{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 271.009","heading":"EXCEPTION: MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION.","body":"Sections 271.004-271.007 do not apply to the determination of the law that governs:\n(1) the validity of a marriage or an adoption;\n(2) whether a marriage has been terminated; or\n(3) the effect of a marriage on property owned by a spouse at the time of the marriage or acquired by either spouse during the marriage.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 9. APPLICABILITY OF LAW TO COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 271. RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CHOOSE LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.271.htm#271.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"e3fb97bb2b08aa57c5828149b008125e4bd087a378d7e261bfbc3d2e0d28ea27","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-271.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}