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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a divorce on the ground of insupportability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.001, Family Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 6.001. INSUPPORTABILITY. On the petition of either |
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party to a marriage, the court may grant a divorce without regard to |
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fault if both parties to the marriage agree that the marriage has |
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become insupportable because of discord or conflict of |
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personalities that destroys the legitimate ends of the marital |
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relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of |
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reconciliation. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a suit for divorce that is filed on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A suit for divorce filed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |