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Tex. Fam. Code § 6.004

CONVICTION OF FELONY

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Roberts v. Roberts (1999)

Most recently applied in Tuan Anh Tran v. Sheryn D. Nguyen (November 2015)

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff

(a) The court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if during the marriage the other spouse:

(1) has been convicted of a felony;

(2) has been imprisoned for at least one year in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, a federal penitentiary, or the penitentiary of another state; and

(3) has not been pardoned.

(b) The court may not grant a divorce under this section against a spouse who was convicted on the testimony of the other spouse.

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