{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 71.005","heading":"EVIDENCE RELATING TO MARITAL STATUS.","body":"In an action under this subchapter, evidence of the actual ceremonial remarriage of the surviving spouse is admissible, if it is true, but the defense is prohibited from directly or indirectly mentioning or alluding to a common-law marriage, an extramarital relationship, or the marital prospects of the surviving spouse.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 4. LIABILITY IN TORT","CHAPTER 71. WRONGFUL DEATH; SURVIVAL; INJURIES OCCURRING OUT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER A. WRONGFUL DEATH"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.71.htm#71.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"929adf00a248bebb9d477a02163d8768ba8a94f3df6ff47ce0a2810cc46fce77","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-71.0055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}