{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 37.008","heading":"COURT REFUSAL TO RENDER.","body":"The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree if the judgment or decree would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL","SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS","CHAPTER 37. DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.37.htm#37.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"f64fd701cc864133796aa88317dd4c637facdbeb061ae6571ad8f930aa07f051","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-37.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}