TITLE: Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.

SUMMARY: Relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the jurisdiction of a court in a suit to divide certain property not divided or awarded on the dissolution of a marriage. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 9.201, Family Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the court that rendered a final decree of divorce or annulment or another final order dividing property under this title retains continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to render an order under this subchapter to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in the final decree. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a suit to divide property not divided or awarded to a spouse in a final decree of divorce or annulment that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or after that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.