Russell v. Russell

OPINION

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

In these consolidated eases, we consider the effect of a 1989 amendment to section 1.91 of the Texas Family Code, entitled “Proof of Certain Informal Marriages,” concerning evidence of an agreement to be “informally” married. In each case, the trial court found that an informal marriage existed. The courts of appeal, however, reached conflicting results. In Russell v. Russell, the Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed the existence of an informal marriage although it reversed and remanded the case to the trial court to determine when the informal marriage began. 838 S.W.2d…