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2022 Texas Statutes
Family Code
Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship
Subtitle C - Dissolution of Marriage
Chapter 6 - Suit for Dissolution of Marriage
Subchapter E. Filing Suit
Section 6.401. Caption
Universal Citation: TX Fam Code § 6.401 (2022)
Sec. 6.401. CAPTION. (a) Pleadings in a suit for divorce or annulment shall be styled "In the Matter of the Marriage of __________ and __________."
(b) Pleadings in a suit to declare a marriage void shall be styled "A Suit To Declare Void the Marriage of __________ and __________."
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
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