When two or more marriages of a person to different spouses are alleged, the most recent marriage is presumed to be valid as against each marriage that precedes the most recent marriage until one who asserts the validity of a prior marriage proves the validity of the prior marriage.
Tex. Fam. Code § 1.102
MOST RECENT MARRIAGE PRESUMED VALID
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Phillips v. the Dow Chemical Co. (2005)
Most recently applied in Adeleye v. Driscal (In re Adeleye) (February 2018)
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff
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Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.