By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1013
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
April 19, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 14, 2021, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 14, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a decree of divorce include the date
of the marriage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended
by adding Section 6.712 to read as follows:
Sec. 6.712. DATE OF MARRIAGE REQUIREMENT IN FINAL DECREE.
(a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage in which the court
grants a divorce, the court shall state the date of the marriage in
the decree of divorce.
(b) This section does not apply to a suit for dissolution of
a marriage described by Section 2.401(a)(2).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit for dissolution of a marriage filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A suit for dissolution of a marriage
filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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