In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.
Tex. Fam. Code § 6.701
FAILURE TO ANSWER
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Williams v. Williams (2004)
Most recently applied in in Re: Keith Russell Judd (January 2013)
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.