By: Longoria H.B. No. 1327
73R3839 JMM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to proceedings to prove certain informal marriages.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 1.91, Family Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, a
1-8 <(A)> proceeding in which a marriage is to be proved under this
1-9 section must be commenced not later than one year after the date on
1-10 which the relationship ended <or not later than one year after
1-11 September 1, 1989, whichever is later>.
1-12 (c) A proceeding in which a marriage is to be proved under
1-13 this section may be commenced at any time after the relationship
1-14 ended if the parties to the proceeding are the parents of a living
1-15 child conceived or adopted by them during the relationship.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
1-17 applies only to a proceeding to prove a marriage in which the
1-18 relationship began or existed on or after the effective date of
1-19 this Act. A proceeding to prove a marriage in which the
1-20 relationship ended before the effective date of this Act is
1-21 governed by the law in effect at the time the relationship ended,
1-22 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.