{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.702","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 6.702","heading":"WAITING PERIOD.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the court may not grant a divorce before the 60th day after the date the suit was filed. A decree rendered in violation of this subsection is not subject to collateral attack.\n(b) A waiting period is not required before a court may grant an annulment or declare a marriage void other than as required in civil cases generally.\n(c) A waiting period is not required under Subsection (a) before a court may grant a divorce in a suit in which the court finds that:\n(1) the respondent has been finally convicted of or received deferred adjudication for an offense involving family violence as defined by Section 71.004 against the petitioner or a member of the petitioner's household; or\n(2) the petitioner has an active protective order under Title 4 or an active magistrate's order for emergency protection under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, based on a finding of family violence, against the respondent because of family violence committed during the marriage.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 896 (H.B. 72), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.","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#6.702","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"4aa0670afffcab87608d5c6d8746c982a5cfeaa49ebc8009a1d276462b475e8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.701","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-6.703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}