87R11845 MLH-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 3008
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annulment of a marriage on the grounds of impotency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.106, Family Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 6.106. IMPOTENCY. The court may grant an annulment of
a marriage to a party to the marriage if:
(1) either party, for physical or mental reasons, was
permanently impotent at the time of the marriage;
(2) the petitioner did not know of the impotency at the
time of the marriage; and
(3) the petitioner ceased cohabitation with the other
party not more than one year after the petitioner learned of the
impotency and has not voluntarily cohabited with the other party
since ceasing cohabitation [learning of the impotency].
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.