Title 5 › Chapter 160 › Subchapter G

Texas Family Code § 160.635

Dismissal for Want of Prosecution

Uniform Parentage Act · Proceeding to Adjudicate Parentage

The court may issue an order dismissing a proceeding commenced under this chapter for want of prosecution only without prejudice. An order of dismissal for want of prosecution purportedly with prejudice is void and has only the effect of a dismissal without prejudice.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.