<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by blynnd:
In Texas...IF you file for divorce from your spouse...and they don't contest it, nor sign the divorce papers....then does it just go on and on forever till the spouse DOES one or the other? OR is there a time period allowed the spouse, and if they do neither, a court date get set to finalize the divorce? (Asking for a friend)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Here are the answers to your questions, and you can find the Family Law code for TX at :
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/fa/fa000600toc.html
§ 6.403. Answer
The respondent in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is not required to answer on oath or affirmation.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997
§ 6.701. Failure to Answer
In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
§ 6.702. Waiting Period
(a) The court may not grant a divorce before the 60th day after the date the suit was filed. A decree rendered in violation of this subsection is not subject to collateral attack.
(b) A waiting period is not required before a court may grant an annulment or declare a marriage void other than as required in civil cases generally.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
