What is waiting period to get married after divorce in Texas?
Full Question:
I am married and I live in Texas. Before our marriage my husband had divorced his first wife. We got married 2 days after obtaining his divorce decree. Is our marriage a valid marriage?
01/04/2017 |
Category: Marriage |
State: Texas |
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Answer:
Tex. Fam. Code § 6.801, and Tex. Fam. Code § 6.802 provides the provisions relating to remarriage. Tex. Fam. Code § 6.801 prohibits the remarriage within 30 days. It reads as follows:
“(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, neither party to a divorce may marry a third party before the 31st day after the date the divorce is decreed.
(b)***”
(b)***”
Tex. Fam. Code § 6.802 states the provision relating to the Waiver of prohibition against remarriage. It reads as follows:
“For good cause shown the court may waive the prohibition against remarriage provided by this subchapter as to either or both spouses if a record of the proceedings is made and preserved or if findings of fact and conclusions of law are filed by the court.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 6.711 deals with findings of fact and conclusions of law. It reads as follows:
(a) In a suit for dissolution of a marriage in which the court has rendered a judgment dividing the estate of the parties, on request by a party, the court shall state in writing its findings of fact and conclusions of law concerning:
(1) the characterization of each party's assets, liabilities, claims, and offsets on which disputed evidence has been presented; and
(2) the value or amount of the community estate's assets, liabilities, claims, and offsets on which disputed evidence has been presented.
(1) the characterization of each party's assets, liabilities, claims, and offsets on which disputed evidence has been presented; and
(2) the value or amount of the community estate's assets, liabilities, claims, and offsets on which disputed evidence has been presented.