Tex. Fam. Code § 2.003 · Subchapter A. APPLICATION FOR MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE BY MINOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person under 18 years of age may not marry unless the person has been granted by this state or another state a court order removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes.
(b) In addition to the other requirements provided by this chapter, a person under 18 years of age applying for a license must provide to the county clerk:
(1) a court order granted by this state under Chapter 31 removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes; or
(2) if the person is a nonresident minor, a certified copy of an order removing the disabilities of minority of the person for general purposes filed with this state under Section 31.007.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 934 (S.B. 1705), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.2.htm
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