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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 fraud, duress, |
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or force. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 6.107, Family Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 6.107. FRAUD, DURESS, OR FORCE. The court may grant an |
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annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if: |
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(1) the other party used fraud, duress, or force to |
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induce the petitioner to enter into the marriage; and |
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(2) 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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fraud or was released from the duress or force and has not |
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voluntarily cohabited with the other party since ceasing |
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cohabitation [learning of the fraud or since being released from |
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the duress or force]. |
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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. |