Texas Marriage Laws

TEXAS STATUTES - FAMILY CODE - TITLE 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP - SUBTITLE A. MARRIAGE - CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS - SUBCHAPTER B. - PUBLIC POLICY

MOST RECENT MARRIAGE PRESUMED VALID

When two or more marriages of a person to different spouses are alleged, the most recent marriage is presumed to be valid as against each marriage that precedes the most recent marriage until one who asserts the validity of a prior marriage proves the validity of the prior marriage.

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Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.

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Sec. 1.102

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