Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
FAMILY CODE |
Title 1. THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP |
Subtitle C. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE |
Chapter 6. SUIT FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE |
Subchapter E. FILING SUIT |
Sec. 6.4035. WAIVER OF SERVICE
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(a) A party to a suit for the dissolution of a marriage may waive the issuance or service of process after the suit is filed by filing with the clerk of the court in which the suit is filed the waiver of the party acknowledging receipt of a copy of the filed petition.
(b) The waiver must contain the mailing address of the party who executed the waiver.
(c) The waiver must be sworn but may not be sworn before an attorney in the suit.
(d) The Texas Rules of Civil Procedure do not apply to a waiver executed under this section.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 614, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.