Tex. Family Code § 6.411
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 6.411, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 6.411. CONFIDENTIALITY OF PLEADINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 3.4 million or more.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, all pleadings and other documents filed with the court in a suit for dissolution of a marriage are confidential, are excepted from required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released to a person who is not a party to the suit until after the date of service of citation or the 31st day after the date of filing the suit, whichever date is sooner.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law, all pleadings and other documents filed with the court in a suit for dissolution of a marriage are confidential, are excepted from required public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and may not be released to a person who is not a party to the suit until after the date of service of citation or the 31st day after the date of filing the suit, whichever date is sooner.
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