Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 194.002. Report of Divorce or Annulment

(a) The department shall prescribe a form for reporting divorces and annulments of marriage. The form must require the following information:

(b) The vital statistics unit shall furnish sufficient copies of the form to each district clerk.

(c) When an attorney presents a final judgment for a divorce or annulment of marriage to a court for a final decree, the attorney shall:

(d) Not later than the ninth day of each month, each district clerk shall file with the vital statistics unit a completed report for each divorce or annulment of marriage granted in the district court during the preceding calendar month. If a report does not include the information required by Subsection (a)(3) or (4), the clerk must complete that information on the report before the clerk files the report with the unit.

(e) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 472 (S.B. 41), § 5.01(e).

(f) If the department determines that a report filed with the department under this section requires correction, the department shall mail the report form directly to an attorney of record with respect to the divorce or annulment of marriage. The attorney shall return the corrected report form to the department. If there is no attorney of record, the department shall mail the report form to the district clerk for correction.