{"id":2774,"date":"2023-11-20T22:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:05:57","slug":"parties-to-a-texas-informal-marriage-must-represent-themselves-as-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/parties-to-a-texas-informal-marriage-must-represent-themselves-as-married\/","title":{"rendered":"Parties to a Texas Informal Marriage Must Represent Themselves as Married"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a person seeks divorce from an informal marriage, they often must prove the informal marriage existed.\u00a0 To prove a Texas informal marriage, the party must show by the preponderance of the evidence that the couple agreed to be married, subsequently lived together in Texas as spouses, and held themselves out to others as married.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 2.401. A man recently appealed<\/a> summary judgment in his divorce case on the ground he had not raised an issue of fact as to the existence of an informal marriage.<\/p>\n

Divorce Case<\/strong><\/p>\n

The petitioner filed for divorce in November 2021, alleging the parties had been married on or about March 18, 2002.<\/p>\n

In her answer, the respondent asserted a verified defense that they parties were not married. She filed a motion for summary judgment, attaching tax returns, deeds, and other exhibits that she argued showed the parties had not represented themselves as married \u201cto the general public or others.\u201d She also averred that the petitioner had never presented her as his wife to his children, that his children had not socialized with her or her family because they knew she was not the petitioner\u2019s wife, and that he lived with another woman.<\/p>\n

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When a person seeks divorce from an informal marriage, they often must prove the informal marriage existed.\u00a0 To prove a Texas informal marriage, the party must show by the preponderance of the evidence that the couple agreed to be married, subsequently lived together in Texas as spouses, and held themselves out to others as married.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-informal-marriage"],"yoast_head":"\nParties to a Texas Informal Marriage Must Represent Themselves as Married — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — November 20, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a person seeks divorce from an informal marriage, they often must prove the informal marriage existed.\u00a0 To 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