87R12001 MLH-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 3007
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of fraud, duress,
or force.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.107, Family Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 6.107. FRAUD, DURESS, OR FORCE. The court may grant an
annulment of a marriage to a party to the marriage if:
(1) the other party used fraud, duress, or force to
induce the petitioner to enter into the marriage; and
(2) the petitioner ceased cohabitation with the other
party not more than one year after the petitioner learned of the
fraud or was released from the duress or force and has not
voluntarily cohabited with the other party since ceasing
cohabitation [learning of the fraud or since being released from
the duress or force].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit for dissolution of a marriage that is 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.