| Old Section | Old Description | New Section | New Description |
| Title 1 | Husband and Wife | ||
| Subtitle A | The Marriage Relationship | ||
| Chapter 1 | Entering the Marriage Relationship | ||
| Subchapter A | Application for Marriage License | ||
| 1.01 | Marriage License | 2.001 | Marriage License |
| 1.02 | Application for License | 2.002 | Application for License |
| 1.02 | Application for License | 2.003 | Application for License By Minor |
| 1.03 | Application Form | 2.004 | Application Form |
| 1.04 | Proof of Identity and Age | 2.005 | Proof of Identity and Age |
| 1.045 | Statement Regarding Payment of Child Support | None | |
| 1.05 | Absent Applicant | 2.006 | Absent Applicant |
| 1.05 | Absent Applicant | 2.007 | Affidavit of Absent Applicant |
| 1.06 | Execution of Application | 2.008 | Execution of Application by Clerk |
| 1.07 | Issuance of License | 2.009 | Issuance of License |
| 1.07 | Issuance of License | 2.010 | AIDS Information |
| 1.08 | Recording | 2.011 | Recording |
| 1.09 | Violation by County Clerk | 2.012 | Violation by County Clerk |
| Subchapter B | Medical Examination (1.21 to 1.38 Repealed) | ||
| Subchapter C | Underage Applicants | ||
| 1.51 | Age Requirements: General Rules | 2.101 | General Age Requirement |
| 1.52 | Underage Applicant: Parental Consent | 2.102 | Parental Consent for Underage Applicant |
| 1.53 | Underage Applicant: Court Order | 2.103 | Court Order for Underage Applicant |
| Subchapter D | Ceremony and Return of License | ||
| 1.81 | Expiration of License | 2.201 | Expiration of License |
| 1.81 | Expiration of License | 2.207 | Marriage Conducted After License Expired; Penalty |
| 1.82 | Ceremony | 2.203 | Ceremony |
| 1.82 | Ceremony | 2.204 | 72-Hour Waiting Period; Exceptions |
| 1.83 | Persons Authorized to Conduct Ceremony | 2.202 | Persons Authorized to Conduct Ceremony |
| 1.83 | Persons Authorized to Conduct Ceremony | 2.205 | Discrimination in Conducting Marriage Prohibited |
| 1.84 | Return of License: Penalty for Violation | 2.206 | Return of License; Penalty |
| 1.85 | Recording of License: Delivery to Licensees | 2.208 | Recording and Delivery of License |
| 1.86 | Duplicate License | 2.209 | Duplicate License |
| Subchapter E | Marriage Without Formalities | ||
| 1.91 | Proof of Certain Informal Marriages | 2.401 | Proof of Informal Marriage |
| 1.92 | Declaration and Registration | 2.402 | Declaration and Registration of Informal Marriage |
| 1.93 | Proof of Identity and Age | 2.403 | Proof of Identity and Age |
| 1.94 | Recording of Declaration | 2.404 | Recording of Declaration of Informal Marriage |
| 1.95 | Violation by County Clerk | 2.405 | Violation by County Clerk |
| Chapter 2 | Validity of Marriage | ||
| Subchapter A | General Provisions | ||
| 2.01 | State Policy | 1.101 | Every Marriage Presumed Valid |
| 2.01 | State Policy | 1.102 | Most Recent Marriage Presumed Valid |
| 2.02 | Fraud, Mistake, or Illegality in Obtaining License | 2.301 | Fraud, Mistake, or Illegality in Obtaining License |
| 2.03 | Ceremony Conducted by Unauthorized Persons | 2.302 | Ceremony Conducted by Unauthorized Person |
| Subchapter B | Void Marriages | ||
| 2.21 | Consanguinity | 6.201 | Consanguinity |
| 2.22 | Marriage During Existence of Prior Marriage | 6.202 | Marriage During Existence of Prior Marriage |
| 2.23 | Certain Void Marriages Validated | 6.203 | Certain Void Marriages Valid |
| 2.24 | Suit to Declare Marriage Void | 6.307 | Jurisdiction to Declare Marriage Void |
| Subchapter C | Voidable Marriages | ||
| 2.41 | Underage | 6.101 | Annulment of Marriage of Person Under Age 14 |
| 2.41 | Underage | 6.102 | Annulment of Marriage of Person Under Age 18 |
| 2.41 | Underage | 6.103 | Underage Annulment Barred by Adulthood |
| 2.41 | Underage | 6.104 | Discretionary Annulment of Underage Marriage |
| 2.42 | Under Influence of Alcohol or Narcotics | 6.105 | Under Influence of Alcohol or Narcotics |
| 2.43 | Impotency | 6.106 | Impotency |
| 2.44 | Fraud, Duress, Force | 6.107 | Fraud, Duress, or Force |
| 2.45 | Mental Incompetency | 6.108 | Mental Incapacity |
| 2.46 | Concealed Divorce | 6.109 | Concealed Divorce |
| 2.47 | Death of Party to Voidable Marriage | 6.111 | Death of Party to Voidable Marriage |
| 2.48 | Marriage Less Than 72 Hours After Issuance of License | 6.110 | Marriage Less Than 72 Hours After Issuance of License |
| Chapter 3 | Dissolution of Marriage | ||
| Subchapter A | Grounds for Divorce; Defenses | ||
| 3.01 | Insupportability | 6.001 | Insupportability |
| 3.02 | Cruelty | 6.002 | Cruelty |
| 3.03 | Adultery | 6.003 | Adultery |
| 3.04 | Conviction of Felony | 6.004 | Conviction of Felony |
| 3.05 | Abandonment | 6.005 | Abandonment |
| 3.06 | Living Apart | 6.006 | Living Apart |
| 3.07 | Confinement in Mental Hospital | 6.007 | Confinement in Mental Hospital |
| 3.08 | Defenses | 6.008 | Defenses |
| Subchapter B | Jurisdiction and Venue; Residence Qualifications | ||
| 3.21 | Residence -- General Rule | 6.301 | General Residency Rule for Divorce Suit |
| 3.22 | Absence on Public Service | 6.303 | Absence on Public Service |
| 3.23 | Military Personnel not Previously Residents | 6.304 | Armed Forces Personnel Not Previously Residents |
| 3.24 | Suit by Nonresident Spouse | 6.302 | Suit for Divorce by Nonresident Spouse |
| 3.25 | Suit for Annulment or to Declare a Marriage Void | 6.306 | Jurisdiction to Annul Marriage |
| 3.25 | Suit for Annulment or to Declare a Marriage Void | 6.307 | Jurisdiction to Declare Marriage Void |
| 3.26 | Acquiring Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Respondent | 6.305 | Acquiring Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Respondent |
| Subchapter C | Suit | ||
| 3.51 | Caption | 6.401 | Caption |
| 3.52 | Pleadings | 6.402 | Pleadings |
| 3.521 | Citation by Publication | 6.409 | Citation by Publication |
| 3.522 | Statement on Alternative Dispute Resolution | 6.404 | Statement on Alternate Dispute Resolution |
| 3.522 | Protective Orders | 6.405 | Protective Order |
| 3.53 | Answer | 6.403 | Answer |
| 3.53 | Answer | 6.701 | Failure to Answer |
| 3.54 | Counseling | 6.505 | Counseling |
| 3.55 | Managing Conservatorship and Support of Children | 6.406 | Mandatory Joinder of Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship |
| 3.55 | Managing Conservatorship and Support of Children | 6.407 | Transfer of Suit Affecting Parent-Child Relationship to Divorce Court |
| 3.56 | Repealed | None | |
| 3.57 | Transfers and Debts Pending Divorce | 6.707 | Transfers and Debts Pending Decree |
| 3.58 | Temporary Orders Before Judgment or During the Pendency of Appeal | 6.501 | Temporary Restraining Order |
| 3.58 | Temporary Orders Before Judgment or During the Pendency of Appeal | 6.502 | Temporary Injunction and Other Temporary Orders |
| 3.58 | Temporary Orders Before Judgment or During the Pendency of Appeal | 6.709 | Temporary Orders During Appeal |
| 3.581 | Protective Orders | 6.504 | Protective Orders |
| 3.582 | Copies of Orders | None | |
| 3.583 | Duties of Law Enforcement Agencies | None | |
| 3.59 | Temporary Support | None | |
| 3.60 | Waiting Period | 6.702 | Waiting Period |
| 3.61 | Jury | 6.703 | Jury |
| 3.62 | Testimony of Husband or Wife | 6.704 | Testimony of Husband or Wife |
| 3.63 | Division of Property | 7.001 | General Rule of Property Division |
| 3.63 | Division of Property | 7.002 | Division of Property Under Special Circumstances |
| 3.631 | Agreement Incident to Divorce or Annulment | 7.006 | Agreement Incident to Divorce or Annulment |
| 3.632 | Disposition of Beneficial Interests in Insurance | 7.004 | Disposition of Rights in Insurance |
| 3.632 | Disposition of Beneficial Interests in Insurance | 7.005 | Insurance Not Covered Specifically Awarded |
| 3.632 | Disposition of Beneficial Interests in Insurance | 9.301 | Pre-Decree Designation of Ex-Spouse as Beneficiary of Life Insurance |
| 3.633 | Disposition of Beneficial Interests in Retirement Benefits and Other Financial Plans | 7.003 | Disposition of Retirement and Employment Benefits and Other Plans |
| 3.633 | Disposition of Beneficial Interests in Retirement Benefits and Other Financial Plans | 9.302 | Pre-Decree Designation of Ex-Spouse as Beneficiary in Retirement Benefits and Other Financial Plans |
| 3.64 | Change of Name | 6.706 | Change of Name |
| 3.65 | Costs | 6.708 | Costs |
| 3.66 | Remarriage | 6.801 | Remarriage |
| 3.66 | Remarriage | 6.802 | Waiver of Prohibition Against Remarriage |
| Subchapter D | Enforcement | ||
| 3.70 | Procedure to Enforce Decree of Divorce or Annulment | 9.001 | Enforcement of Decree |
| 3.70 | Procedure to Enforce Decree of Divorce or Annulment | 9.002 | Continuing Authority to Enforce Decree |
| 3.70 | Procedure to Enforce Decree of Divorce or Annulment | 9.003 | Filing Deadlines |
| 3.70 | Procedure to Enforce Decree of Divorce or Annulment | 9.004 | Applicability to Undivided Property |
| 3.70 | Procedure to Enforce Decree of Divorce or Annulment | 9.005 | No Jury |
| 3.71 | Enforcement of Division of Property | 9.006 | Enforcement of Division of Property |
| 3.711 | Continuing Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 9.101 | Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Order |
| 3.711 | Continuing Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 9.102 | Procedure |
| 3.711 | Continuing Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 9.103 | Prior Failure to Render Qualified Domestic Relations Order |
| 3.711 | Continuing Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 9.104 | Defective Prior Domestic Relations Order |
| 3.711 | Continuing Jurisdiction for Qualified Domestic Relations Orders | 9.105 | Liberal Construction |
| 3.72 | Clarification Order | 9.008 | Clarification Order |
| 3.73 | Delivery of Property | 9.009 | Delivery of Property |
| 3.74 | Reduction to Money Judgment | 9.010 | Reduction to Money Judgment |
| 3.75 | Right to Future Property | 9.011 | Right to Future Property |
| 3.76 | Contempt | 9.012 | Contempt |
| 3.77 | Costs | 9.013 | Costs |
| 3.77 | Costs | 9.014 | Attorney's Fees |
| Subchapter F | Division of Property Following a Decree of Divorce or Annulment | ||
| 3.90 | Procedure for Division of Certain Property not Divided on Divorce or Annulment | 9.201 | Procedure for Division of Certain Property Not Divided on Divorce or Annulment |
| 3.90 | Procedure for Division of Certain Property not Divided on Divorce or Annulment | 9.202 | Limitations |
| 3.91 | Division of Undivided Assets: Prior Court had Jurisdiction to Divide Property but Failed to do so | 9.203 | Division of Undivided Assets When Prior Court Had Jurisdiction |
| 3.92 | Division of Undivided Assets: Prior Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Divide Property | 9.204 | Division of Undivided Assets When Prior Court Lacked Jurisdiction |
| 3.93 | Attorney's fees | 9.205 | Attorney's Fees |
| Subchapter G | Maintenance | ||
| 3.9601 | Definition | 8.001 | Definition |
| 3.9602 | Eligibility for Maintenance | 8.002 | Eligibility for Maintenance |
| 3.9603 | Factors to Determine Maintenance | 8.003 | Factors in Determining Maintenance |
| 3.9604 | Presumption | 8.004 | Presumption |
| 3.9605 | Duration of Maintenance Order | 8.005 | Duration of Maintenance Order |
| 3.9606 | Amount of Maintenance | 8.006 | Amount of Maintenance |
| 3.9607 | Termination | 8.007 | Termination |
| 3.9608 | Modification of Maintenance Order | 8.008 | Modification of Maintenance Order |
| 3.9609 | Enforcement of Maintenance Order | 8.009 | Enforcement of Maintenance Order |
| 3.9610 | Putative Spouse | 8.010 | Putative Spouse |
| 3.9611 | Unmarried Cohabitants | 8.011 | Unmarried Cohabitants |
| Chapter 4 | Rights, Duties, Powers, and Liabilities of Spouses | ||
| 4.01 | Persons Married Elsewhere | 1.103 | Persons Married Elsewhere |
| 4.02 | Duty to Support | 2.501 | Duty to Support |
| 4.03 | Capacity of Spouses | 1.104 | Capacity of Spouse |
| 4.031 | Spousal Liability | 3.201 | Spousal Liability |
| 4.04 | Joinder in Civil Suits | 1.105 | Joinder in Civil Suits |
| 4.05 | Criminal Conversation not Authorized | 1.106 | Criminal Conversation Not Authorized |
| 4.06 | Alienation of Affection not Authorized | 1.107 | Alienation of Affection Not Authorized |
| Chapter 5 | Marital Property | ||
| Subchapter A | Separate and Community Property | ||
| 5.01 | Marital Property Characterized | 3.001 | Separate Property |
| 5.01 | Marital Property Characterized | 3.002 | Community Property |
| 5.02 | Presumption | 3.003 | Presumption of Community Property |
| 5.03 | Recordation of Separate Property | 3.004 | Recordation of Separate Property |
| 5.04 | Gifts Between Spouses | 3.005 | Gifts Between Spouses |
| Subchapter B | Management, Control and Disposition of Marital Property | ||
| 5.21 | Separate Property | 3.101 | Managing Separate Property |
| 5.22 | Community Property: General Rules | 3.102 | Managing Community Property |
| 5.23 | Earnings of Unemancipated Child | 3.103 | Managing Earnings of Minor |
| 5.24 | Protection of Third Persons | 3.104 | Protection of Third Persons |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.301 | Incapacitated, Missing, Abandoned, or Separated Spouse |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.303 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.304 | Notice of Hearing; Citation |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.305 | Citation by Publication |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.306 | Court Order for Management, Control, and Disposition of Community Property |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.307 | Continuing Jurisdiction Of Court; Vacating Original Order |
| 5.25 | Unusual Circumstances | 3.308 | Recording Order to Affect Real Property |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.302 | Spouse Missing on Public Service [for Community Property] |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.303 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.304 | Notice of Hearing; Citation |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.305 | Citation by Publication |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.306 | Court Order for Management, Control, and Disposition of Community Property |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.307 | Continuing Jurisdiction Of Court; Vacating Original Order |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | 3.308 | Recording Order to Affect Real Property |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886 | Appointment of Receiver [for Separate Property] |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886A | Expenditures by Receiver |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886B | Investments, Loans, and Contributions by Receiver |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886C | Receiver's Expenses, Account and Compensation |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886D | Closing Receivership |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886E | Action of Judge |
| 5.26 | Spouse Missing on Public Service | TPC§886F | Recordation of Proceedings |
| 5.27 | Remedies Cumulative | 3.309 | Remedies Cumulative |
| Subchapter C | Property Agreements | ||
| Part 1 | Uniform Premarital Agreement Act | ||
| 5.41 | Definitions | 4.001 | Definitions |
| 5.42 | Formalities | 4.002 | Formalities |
| 5.43 | Content | 4.003 | Content |
| 5.44 | Effect of Marriage | 4.004 | Effect of Marriage |
| 5.45 | Amendment; Revocation | 4.005 | Amendment or Revocation |
| 5.46 | Enforcement | 4.006 | Enforcement |
| 5.47 | Enforcement: Void Marriage | 4.007 | Enforcement: Void Marriage |
| 5.48 | Limitation of Actions | 4.008 | Limitations of Actions |
| 5.49 | Application and Construction | 4.009 | Application and Construction |
| 5.50 | Short Title | 4.010 | Short Title |
| Part 2 | Other Property Agreements | ||
| 5.51 | Property Defined | 4.101 | Definition |
| 5.52 | Partition or Exchange of Community Property | 4.102 | Partition or Exchange of Community Property |
| 5.53 | Agreements Between Spouses Concerning Income or Property Derived From Separate Property | 4.103 | Agreement Between Spouses Concerning Income or Property From Separate Property |
| 5.54 | Formalities | 4.104 | Formalities |
| 5.55 | Enforcement | 4.105 | Enforcement |
| 5.56 | Partition or Exchange Agreements: Rights of Creditors, Recordation | 4.106 | Rights of Creditors and Recordation Under Partition or Exchange Agreement |
| Subchapter D | Marital Property Liabilities | ||
| 5.61 | Rules of Marital Property Liability | 3.202 | Rules of Marital Property Liability |
| 5.62 | Order in Which Property is Subject to Execution | 3.203 | Order in Which Property is Subject to Execution |
| Subchapter E | Homestead Rights | ||
| 5.81 | Sale, Conveyance, or Encumbrance of Homestead | 5.001 | Sale, Conveyance, or Encumbrance of Homestead |
| 5.82 | Separate Homestead: Incompetent Spouse; Sale Without Joinder | 5.002 | Sale of Homestead for Incapacitated Spouse |
| 5.83 | Separate Homestead: Unusual Circumstances; Sale Without Joinder | 5.101 | Sale of Separate Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances |
| 5.83 | Separate Homestead: Unusual Circumstances; Sale Without Joinder | 5.103 | Time for Filing Petition |
| 5.83 | Separate Homestead: Unusual Circumstances; Sale Without Joinder | 5.104 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.83 | Separate Homestead: Unusual Circumstances; Sale Without Joinder | 5.105 | Citation; Notice of Hearing |
| 5.83 | Separate Homestead: Unusual Circumstances; Sale Without Joinder | 5.106 | Court Order |
| 5.831 | Separate Homestead: Spouse Missing on Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.101 | Sale of Separate Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances |
| 5.831 | Separate Homestead: Spouse Missing on Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.103 | Time for Filing Petition |
| 5.831 | Separate Homestead: Spouse Missing on Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.104 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.831 | Separate Homestead: Spouse Missing on Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.105 | Citation; Notice of Hearing |
| 5.831 | Separate Homestead: Spouse Missing on Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.106 | Court Order |
| 5.84 | Community Homestead: Incompetent Spouse; Sale Without Joinder | 5.107 | Sale of Community Homestead For Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated |
| 5.85 | Community Homestead: Unusual Circumstance; Sale Without Joinder | 5.102 | Sale of Community Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances |
| 5.85 | Community Homestead: Unusual Circumstance; Sale Without Joinder | 5.103 | Time for Filing Petition |
| 5.85 | Community Homestead: Unusual Circumstance; Sale Without Joinder | 5.104 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.85 | Community Homestead: Unusual Circumstance; Sale Without Joinder | 5.105 | Citation; Notice of Hearing |
| 5.85 | Community Homestead: Unusual Circumstance; Sale Without Joinder | 5.106 | Court Order |
| 5.86 | Remedies and Powers Cumulative | 5.108 | Remedies and Powers Cumulative |
| 5.87 | Community Homestead: Spouse Missing On Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.102 | Sale of Community Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances |
| 5.87 | Community Homestead: Spouse Missing On Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.103 | Time for Filing Petition |
| 5.87 | Community Homestead: Spouse Missing On Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.104 | Appointment of Attorney |
| 5.87 | Community Homestead: Spouse Missing On Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.105 | Citation; Notice of Hearing |
| 5.87 | Community Homestead: Spouse Missing On Public Service; Sale Without Joinder | 5.106 | Court Order |