By Isett H.B. No. 2831
76R7590 CMR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the restriction of certain suits for dissolution of a
1-3 marriage in which adultery has been committed.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 6.001, Family Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 6.001. INSUPPORTABILITY. (a) Except as provided by
1-8 Subsection (b), on [On] the petition of either party to a marriage,
1-9 the court may grant a divorce without regard to fault if the
1-10 marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of
1-11 personalities that destroys the legitimate ends of the marital
1-12 relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of
1-13 reconciliation.
1-14 (b) The court may not grant a divorce under this section in
1-15 favor of a spouse who has committed adultery.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-17 applies only to a suit for dissolution of a marriage that is filed
1-18 on or after that date. A suit filed before the effective date of
1-19 this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was
1-20 filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.