Tex. Fam. Code § 1.105 · Subchapter B. PUBLIC POLICY
JOINDER IN CIVIL SUITS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A spouse may sue and be sued without the joinder of the other spouse.
(b) When claims or liabilities are joint and several, the spouses may be joined under the rules relating to joinder of parties generally.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.1.htm
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