{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 2.007","heading":"AFFIDAVIT OF ABSENT APPLICANT.","body":"The affidavit of an absent applicant must include:\n(1) the absent applicant's full name, including the maiden surname of a female applicant, address, date of birth, place of birth, including city, county, and state, citizenship, and social security number, if any;\n(2) a declaration that the absent applicant has not been divorced within the last 30 days;\n(3) a declaration that the absent applicant is:\n(A) not presently married; or\n(B) married to the other applicant and they wish to marry again;\n(4) a declaration that the other applicant is not presently married and is not related to the absent applicant as:\n(A) an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;\n(B) a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;\n(C) a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;\n(D) a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;\n(E) a current or former stepchild or stepparent; or\n(F) a son or daughter of a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;\n(5) a declaration that the absent applicant desires to marry and the name, age, and address of the person to whom the absent applicant desires to be married;\n(6) the approximate date on which the marriage is to occur;\n(7) the reason the absent applicant is unable to appear personally before the county clerk for the issuance of the license; and\n(8) the appointment of any adult, other than the other applicant, to act as proxy for the purpose of participating in the ceremony, if the absent applicant is:\n(A) a member of the armed forces of the United States stationed in another country in support of combat or another military operation; and\n(B) unable to attend the ceremony.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4.07, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 650 (H.B. 869), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 2. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER A. APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm#2.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e1dfee3faa56bb9dd4406ea03b51930c70762228f77d213d029c768c5099a963","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-2.0071"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}