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| 1 | 1 | 84R3380 KSD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Capriglione H.B. No. 1699 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the commission of family violence as grounds for an | |
| 8 | 8 | annulment of a marriage. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 6.1101 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 6.1101. FAMILY VIOLENCE. The court may grant an | |
| 13 | 13 | annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if the court | |
| 14 | 14 | finds that the other party to the marriage has committed family | |
| 15 | 15 | violence, as defined by Section 71.004, against the party. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | |
| 17 | 17 | marriage regardless of whether the marriage was entered into | |
| 18 | 18 | before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |