In a suit for divorce, the petition may not be taken as confessed if the respondent does not file an answer.
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Title 1 › Chapter 6 › Subchapter H
Texas Family Code § 6.701
Failure to Answer
Suit for Dissolution of Marriage · Trial and Appeal
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.