Tex. Estates Code § 123.102
This is the official text of Tex. Estates Code § 123.102, part of Texas’s Estates Code — governs wills, probate, and estate administration.
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§ 123.102. APPLICATION TO VOID MARRIAGE AFTER DEATH.
Official statutory text
(a) Subject to Subsection (c), if a proceeding described by Section 123.101(a) is not pending on the date of a decedent's death, an interested person may file an application with the court requesting that the court void the marriage of the decedent if:
(1) on the date of the decedent's death, the decedent was married; and
(2) that marriage commenced not earlier than three years before the date of the decedent's death.
(b) The notice applicable to a proceeding for a declaratory judgment under Chapter 37, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to a proceeding under Subsection (a).
(c) An application authorized by Subsection (a) may not be filed after the first anniversary of the date of the decedent's death.
(1) on the date of the decedent's death, the decedent was married; and
(2) that marriage commenced not earlier than three years before the date of the decedent's death.
(b) The notice applicable to a proceeding for a declaratory judgment under Chapter 37, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies to a proceeding under Subsection (a).
(c) An application authorized by Subsection (a) may not be filed after the first anniversary of the date of the decedent's death.
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