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RUSSELL v. RUSSELL

Nos. D-3135, D-3148.

865 S.W.2d 929 (1993)

James Lambie RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. Margaret Ann RUSSELL, Respondent. Vivian Alice WEABER, Petitioner, v. Ronald Kent LORENSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

November 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Dugas, Jr., Orange, Michael D. Matheny, Beaumont, for petitioner in No. D-3135.

James Sparks, Jr., Jack Lawrence, Beaumont, for respondent in No. D-3135.

Ron Uselton, Sherman, for petitioner in No. D-3148.

R.J. Hagood, Denison, for respondent in No. D-3148.

OPINION

HIGHTOWER, Justice.

In these consolidated cases, 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...

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