Tex. Fam. Code § 6.007 · Subchapter A. GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE AND DEFENSES
CONFINEMENT IN MENTAL HOSPITAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if at the time the suit is filed:
(1) the other spouse has been confined in a state mental hospital or private mental hospital, as defined in Section 571.003, Health and Safety Code, in this state or another state for at least three years; and
(2) it appears that the hospitalized spouse's mental disorder is of such a degree and nature that adjustment is unlikely or that, if adjustment occurs, a relapse is probable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
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