Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 6.109 - Concealed Divorce(a) The court may grant an annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: (1) the other party was divorced from a third party within the 30-day period preceding the date of the marriage ceremony;(2) at the time of the marriage ceremony the petitioner did not know, and a reasonably prudent person would not have known, of the divorce; and(3) since the petitioner discovered or a reasonably prudent person would have discovered the fact of the divorce, the petitioner has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party.(b) A suit may not be brought under this section after the first anniversary of the date of the marriage.Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. 4/17/1997.