Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 37.002

SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION

Known as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act

The act spans §§ 37–37 (12 sections).

Applied in 104 court decisions — leading case The City of El Paso v. Lilli M. Heinrich (2009)

Most recently applied in Jeffrey A. Severs and Lila Severs AND Robert and Linda Gaudin AND Mira Vista Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Mira Vista Homeowners Association, Inc. AND Jeffrey A. Severs and Lila Severs (September 2018)

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

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(a) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.

(b) This chapter is remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and it is to be liberally construed and administered.

(c) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.

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