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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if:
(1) the other party was divorced from a third party within the 30-day period preceding the date of the marriage ceremony;
(2) at the time of the marriage ceremony the petitioner did not know, and a reasonably prudent person would not have known, of the divorce; and
(3) since the petitioner discovered or a reasonably prudent person would have discovered the fact of the divorce, the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party.
(b) A suit may not be brought under this section after the first anniversary of the date of the marriage.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Family Code - FAM § 6.109. Concealed Divorce - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/family-code/fam-sect-6-109/
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