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Tex. Fam. Code § 8.056

TERMINATION

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Brooks v. Brooks (2008)

Most recently applied in Kenneth Ray Waldrop v. Teresa Waldrop (June 2018)

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

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(a) The obligation to pay future maintenance terminates on the death of either party or on the remarriage of the obligee.

(b) After a hearing, the court shall order the termination of the maintenance obligation if the court finds that the obligee cohabits with another person with whom the obligee has a dating or romantic relationship in a permanent place of abode on a continuing basis.

(c) Termination of the maintenance obligation does not terminate the obligation to pay any maintenance that accrued before the date of termination, whether as a result of death or remarriage under Subsection (a) or a court order under Subsection (b).

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