(a) A petition in a suit for dissolution of a marriage is sufficient without the necessity of specifying the underlying evidentiary facts if the petition alleges the grounds relied on substantially in the language of the statute.
(b) Allegations of grounds for relief, matters of defense, or facts relied on for a temporary order that are stated in short and plain terms are not subject to special exceptions because of form or sufficiency.

Terms Used In Texas Family Code 6.402

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(c) The court shall strike an allegation of evidentiary fact from the pleadings on the motion of a party or on the court’s own motion.

  Previous section
Next section  
 Subchapter E Contents