Fill and Sign the Petition for Annulment Texaslawhelporg Form

CAUSE NO. _________ IN THE MATTER ) IN THE DISTRICT COURT ) OF THE MARRIAGE OF ) ) ______________, Petitioner ) _______ COUNTY, TEXAS ) AND ) ) ______________, Respondent ) ____JUDICIAL DISTRICT ORIGINAL PETITION FOR DIVORCE TO THE HONORABLE COURT: _________________ Name, petitioner, Social Security number _____________, Texas drivers license number _____________, date of birth ___________________, brings this suit for dissolution of _________________ his or her marriage to _________________ Name, respondent, Social Security number ________________, Texas drivers license number ____________, date of birth ___________________, and shows: I. Petitioner resides at _________________ address, _________________ County, _________________ state. Respondent resides at _________________ address, _________________ County, _________________ state. II. Respondent should be served with process at _________________ address, _________________ County, _________________. III. At the time of the filing of this suit, petitioner has been a domiciliary of Texas for the preceding six-month period and a resident of _________________ County, Texas, for the preceding 90-day period. IV. Petitioner and respondent were married on or about _________________ date and continued to live together as husband and wife until on or about _________________ . V. The marriage between petitioner and respondent has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities that destroys the legitimate ends of the marriage rel ationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of reconciliation. VI. There are no children of the marriage who are now under 18 years of age, and the wife is not pregnant. VII. Petitioner and respondent own community property, and each owns separate property. They have also incurred community debts and liabilities. Petitioner requests that the C ourt order a division of the estate of petitioner and respondent in a manner that the Court deems just and right, as provided by law. VIII. Petitioner requests that in the event a divorce is granted in this suit, _________________ his or her name be changed to _________________. IX. It has been necessary for the preservation of petitioner's rights and property to employ a licensed attorney to represent petitioner in this suit. Petitioner has agreed to pay the att orney for services rendered in connection with this suit the sum of $_________________, which sum is a reasonable attorney's fee. Judgment should therefore be rendered against respondent for a reasonable attorney's fee in the sum of $_________________, and in the event of an appeal to the court of appeals, for the further sum of $_________________, as a reasonable fee for services connected with the appeal, in favor of petitioner or petitioner's attorney, _________________. PRAYER WHEREFORE , petitioner prays that respondent be cited to appear and answer and requests that: 1. On final trial, the Court grant a decree of divorce in favor of petitioner dissolving petitioner's marriage to respondent. 2. The Court order a division of the estate of petitioner and respondent in a manner tha t the Court deems just and right. 3. If a divorce is granted, petitioner's name be changed to _________________. 4. Reasonable attorney's fees in the sum of $ _________________ be awarded to petitioner or petitioner's attorney, _________________. 5. Petitioner be awarded costs of this suit and such other and further relief to which pet itioner may be justly entitled. Respectfully submitted, ________________________ Attorney at Law I A M AWARE THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS TO PROMOTE THE AMICABLE AND NONJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES INVOLVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. I AM AWARE OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS INCLUDING MEDIATION. WHILE I RECOGNIZE THAT ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AND NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A TRIAL AND THAT THIS CASE MAY BE TRIED IF IT IS NOT SETTLED, I REPRESENT TO THE COURT THAT I WILL ATTEMPT IN GOOD FAITH TO RESOLVE BEFORE FINAL TRIAL CONTESTED ISSUES IN THIS CASE BY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF COURT INTERVENTION. _________________________ Petitioner_________________________ typed name of petitioner Bar No. __________________ __________________________________________________(512)____________________ Fax: (512)_________________________________________ Attorney for Petitioner