Texas Codes

Tex. Fam. Code § 4.007 (2026)

Enforcement: Void Marriage

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Sec. 4.007. ENFORCEMENT: VOID MARRIAGE. If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result.

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

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2018–2018 · leading case: in the Interest of Ja.D.Y. & Ju.D.Y., Child. (Tex. App. 2018).

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in the Interest of Ja.D.Y. & Ju.D.Y., Child. (Tex. App. 2018). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 4.007 (West 2006). “A suit for annulment presumes that there never was a valid marriage and that therefore it should be declared void.”

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