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Tex. Fam. Code § 2.301 (2026)

Fraud, Mistake, Or Illegality In Obtaining License

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Sec. 2.301. FRAUD, MISTAKE, OR ILLEGALITY IN OBTAINING LICENSE. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the validity of a marriage is not affected by any fraud, mistake, or illegality that occurred in obtaining the marriage license.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2021 · leading case: State v. Johnson, 967 N.W.2d 242 (Neb. 2021).

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State v. Johnson, 967 N.W.2d 242 (Neb. 2021). “A marriage is voidable when it has legal imperfections in its establishment which can be inquired into only during the lives of both of the parties in a proceeding by annulment to obtain a judgment of a competent court declaring its invalidity.”

in Re: Roger Arash Farahmand (Tex. App. 2015). “12 Tex. Fam. Code § 2.301 (validity of marriage is not affected by fraud, mistake or illegality that occurred in obtaining marriage license); Tex.”

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