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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of impotency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.106, Family Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 6.106. IMPOTENCY. The court may grant an annulment of |
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a marriage to a party to the marriage if: |
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(1) either party, for physical or mental reasons, was |
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permanently impotent at the time of the marriage; |
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(2) the petitioner did not know of the impotency at the |
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time of the marriage; and |
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(3) the petitioner ceased cohabitation with the other |
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party not more than one year after the petitioner learned of the |
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impotency and has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party |
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since ceasing cohabitation [learning of the impotency]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a suit for dissolution of a marriage that is filed on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A suit for dissolution of a marriage |
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filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |