Tex. Est. Code Section 123.102
Application to Void Marriage After Death

(a)

Subject to Subsection (c), if a proceeding described by Section 123.101 (Proceeding to Void Marriage Based on Mental Capacity Pending at Time of Death)(a) is not pending on the date of a decedent’s death, an interested person may file an application with the court requesting that the court void the marriage of the decedent if:

(1)

on the date of the decedent’s death, the decedent was married; and

(2)

that marriage commenced not earlier than three years before the date of the decedent’s death.

(b)

The notice applicable to a proceeding for a declaratory judgment under Chapter 37 (Declaratory Judgments), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to a proceeding under Subsection (a).

(c)

An application authorized by Subsection (a) may not be filed after the first anniversary of the date of the decedent’s death.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.

Source: Section 123.102 — Application to Void Marriage After Death, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.­123.­htm#123.­102 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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