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Tex. Fam. Code § 6.801 (2026)
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Sec. 6.801. REMARRIAGE. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, neither party to a divorce may marry a third party before the 31st day after the date the divorce is decreed.
(b) The former spouses may marry each other at any time.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1999–2020 · leading case: In re Green, 385 S.W.3d 665 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2012).
In re Green, 385 S.W.3d 665 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2012). “” See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 6.801 (General Residency Rule for Divorce Suit).”
Herschberg v. Herschberg, 994 S.W.2d 273 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1999). “See now Tex Fam.Code Ann. § 6.801 (Vernon 1998). 5 .”
Jason Pearson v. State, No. 02-18-00360-CR (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Sept. 3, 2020). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 6.801 (a) (“[N]either party to a divorce may marry a third party before the 31st day after the date the divorce is decreed.”
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