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\"iStock-1270267953-300x200\"When a party in a Texas civil lawsuit dies, the case may proceed if the cause of action survives the death of the party. Tex.R.Civ.P. 150. Generally, when the defendant in Texas civil lawsuit dies, the plaintiff may petition for a \u201cscire facias\u201d to require the administrator, executor, or heir to defend the lawsuit.\u00a0 Tex. R. Civ. P. 152. Pursuant to case law, however, Texas divorce cases are not subject to this rule because they are personal actions that do not survive the death of a party if judgment has not yet been rendered. \u00a0Generally, heirs do not take over a divorce case prior to final judgment.\u00a0 Instead the divorce case abates when a party dies.\u00a0 This means the court will dismiss the case.<\/p>\n

Husband Dies During Divorce Suit<\/h3>\n

A wife recently challenged<\/a> a trial court\u2019s determination that her divorce petition abated upon her husband\u2019s death.\u00a0 The parties had married for about seven years when they divorced in 2000.\u00a0 In 2018, they got married again.\u00a0 The parties did not have any children together, but the husband had children from a previous marriage.\u00a0 The wife petitioned for divorce in May of 2020. The husband filed an answer, but passed away the following January.\u00a0 The wife sought to have the husband\u2019s children defend the divorce on the husband\u2019s behalf as his heirs.<\/p>\n

The trial court found it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction to proceed, because a divorce petition, as a personal action, abates upon the death of either party. A judgment rendered by a court without subject-matter jurisdiction is void.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a party in a Texas civil lawsuit dies, the case may proceed if the cause of action survives the death of the party. Tex.R.Civ.P. 150. Generally, when the defendant in Texas civil lawsuit dies, the plaintiff may petition for a \u201cscire facias\u201d to require the administrator, executor, or heir to defend the lawsuit.\u00a0 Tex. 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