{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.701","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 6.701","heading":"FAILURE TO ANSWER.","body":"In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","SUBCHAPTER H. TRIAL AND APPEAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.6.htm#6.701","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"0ba73aa6834cc2b29ea5e5c0cfc6f45f8df00768cb6604ea7906723f9d81128d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.604","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}