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Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.001

EFFECT OF DISABILITY

Applied in 92 court decisions — leading case S.V. v. R.V. (1996)

Most recently applied in Brown v. Arenson (December 2018)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under a legal disability if the person is:

(1) younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the person is married; or

(2) of unsound mind.

(b) If a person entitled to bring a personal action is under a legal disability when the cause of action accrues, the time of the disability is not included in a limitations period.

(c) A person may not tack one legal disability to another to extend a limitations period.

(d) A disability that arises after a limitations period starts does not suspend the running of the period.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.