{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 9.401","heading":"LACK OF JURISDICTION.","body":"(a) A decree of divorce or annulment is void if the court rendering the decree lacked jurisdiction at the time the decree was rendered.\n(b) A putative spouse may file a suit to declare a decree of divorce or annulment void under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 735 (H.B. 2240), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP","SUBTITLE C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE","CHAPTER 9. POST-DECREE PROCEEDINGS","SUBCHAPTER E. DECLARING A DECREE VOID"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.9.htm#9.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e24a1b8a2286e2181b6e2db50259e43b8f7ecc99581c09e4a3fababbd0ac8320","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-9.302","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-15.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}