Family Law Chapter 7 Short Answer Questions (2)

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Chapter 7 Short Answer Questions 1. Identify each court in Texas with subject matter jurisdiction over divorces and annulments. Divorces are heard in district courts. There are 33 courts known as family district courts, 65th El 24.601, 24.635 2300th Brazoria 24.601, 24.608301st Dallas 24.601, 24.609302nd Dallas 24.601, 24.610303rd Dallas 24.601, 24.611304th Dallas 24.601, 24.612305th Dallas 24.601, 24.613306th Galveston 24.601, 24.614307th Gregg 24.601, 24.615308th Harris 24.601, 24.616309th Harris 24.601, 24.617310th Harris 24.601, 24.618311th Harris 24.601, 24.619312th Harris 24.601, 24.620, 313th Harris 24.601, 24.621 2314th Harris 24.601, 24.622315th Harris 24.601, 24.623316th Hutchinson24.601, 24.624317th Jefferson 24.601, 24.625318th Midland 24.601, 24.626319th Nueces 24.601, 24.627320th Potter 24.601, 24.628321st Smith 24.601, 24.629322nd Tarrant 24.601, 24.630323rd Tarrant 24.601, 24.631324th Tarrant 24.601, 24.632325th Tarrant 24.601, 24.633326th Taylor 24.601, 24.634328th Fort Bend 24.601, 24.636329th Wharton 24.601, 24.637330th Dallas 24.601, 24.638360th Tarrant 24.601, 24.639444th Cameron 24.640Fourteen district courts are to give preference to family law matters but are not designated as “Family District Courts”:231st Tarrant 24.408 3233rd Tarrant 24.410245th Harris 24.422246th Harris, 24.423247th Harris 24.424254th Dallas 24.431255th Dallas 24.432256th Dallas 24.433257th Harris 24.434279th Jefferson 24.456387th Fort Bend 24.532388th El Paso 24.533393rd Denton 24.538418th Montgomery24.562 2. Review the statutory code for your state. What must a complaint (sometimes called a petition) for divorce and annulment contain? Must the complaint be subscribed and/or verified? If so, by whom? A complaint must contain 3. Where is the compliant or petition served and filed? Click or tap here to enter text. 4. What is the fee for filing a divorce or annulment complaint in Texas? Click or tap here to enter text. 5. What happens if a party seeking a divorce or annulment cannot afford the filing fee or any court costs? Can he or she proceed as a poor person and thereby have these fees and costs waived? Click or tap here to enter text. 6. Who may serve process in Texas? Click or tap here to enter text. 7. How is personal service made on an individual? Click or tap here to enter text.
8. In a divorce or annulment action, when can substituted service be used? Click or tap here to enter text. 9. What is required in terms of a response to the complaint or petition? Click or tap here to enter text. 10. What steps must be taken to obtain a final divorce decree and annulment? Click or tap here to enter text.
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