Tex. Fam. Code § 6.302 · Subchapter D. JURISDICTION, VENUE, AND RESIDENCE QUALIFICATIONS
SUIT FOR DIVORCE BY NONRESIDENT SPOUSE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If one spouse has been a domiciliary of this state for at least the last six months, a spouse domiciled in another state or nation may file a suit for divorce in the county in which the domiciliary spouse resides at the time the petition is filed.
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.6.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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