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Texas Family Code - Chapter 3 Marital Property Rights And LiabilitiesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Family Code > Texas Family Code - Chapter 3 Marital Property Rights And Liabilities Sponsored LinksA spouse's separate property consists of: (1) the property owned or claimed by the spouse before marriage; (2) the property acquired by the spouse during ... Community property consists of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § ... (a) Property possessed by either spouse during or on dissolution of marriage is presumed to be community property. (b) The degree of proof necessary to ... (a) A subscribed and acknowledged schedule of a spouse's separate property may be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the parties, ... If one spouse makes a gift of property to the other spouse, the gift is presumed to include all the income and property that may ... If the community estate of the spouses and the separate estate of a spouse have an ownership interest in property, the respective ownership interests of ... (a) A spouse who is a participant in a defined benefit retirement plan has a separate property interest in the monthly accrued benefit the spouse ... (a) Insurance proceeds paid or payable that arise from a casualty loss to property during marriage are characterized in the same manner as the property ... Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse's separate property. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, § 1, eff. ... (a) During marriage, each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of the community property that the spouse would have owned if single, including: ... Except as provided by Section 264.0111, during the marriage of the parents of an unemancipated minor for whom a managing conservator has not been appointed, ... (a) During marriage, property is presumed to be subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of a spouse if it is held in that ... (a) A person is personally liable for the acts of the person's spouse only if: (1) the spouse acts as an agent for the person; ... (a) A spouse's separate property is not subject to liabilities of the other spouse unless both spouses are liable by other rules of law. (b) ... (a) A judge may determine, as deemed just and equitable, the order in which particular separate or community property is subject to execution and sale ... (a) A spouse may file a sworn petition stating the facts that make it desirable for the petitioning spouse to manage, control, and dispose of ... (a) If a spouse is reported by an executive department of the United States to be a prisoner of war or missing on the public ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the court may appoint an attorney in a suit filed under this subchapter for the respondent. (b) The ... (a) Notice of the hearing, accompanied by a copy of the petition, shall be issued and served on the attorney representing the respondent, if an ... (a) If the residence of the respondent, other than a respondent reported to be a prisoner of war or missing on public service, is unknown, ... (a) After hearing the evidence in a suit under this subchapter, the court, on terms the court considers just and equitable, shall render an order ... (a) The court has continuing jurisdiction over the court's order rendered under this subchapter. (b) On the motion of either spouse, the court shall amend ... An order authorized by this subchapter affecting real property is not constructive notice to a good faith purchaser for value or to a creditor without ... The remedies provided in this subchapter are cumulative of other rights, powers, and remedies afforded spouses by law. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. ... In this subchapter: (1) "Claim for economic contribution" means a claim made under this subchapter. (2) "Economic contribution" means the contribution to a marital estate ... (a) For purposes of this subchapter, "economic contribution" is the dollar amount of: (1) the reduction of the principal amount of a debt secured by ... (a) A marital estate that makes an economic contribution to property owned by another marital estate has a claim for economic contribution with respect to ... (a) This subchapter does not affect the rule of inception of title under which the character of property is determined at the time the right ... This subchapter does not affect the right to manage, control, or dispose of marital property as provided by this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th ... (a) On dissolution of a marriage, the court shall impose an equitable lien on property of a marital estate to secure a claim for economic ... The court shall offset a claim for one marital estate's economic contribution in a specific asset of a second marital estate against the second marital ... (a) A claim for economic contribution does not abrogate another claim for reimbursement in a factual circumstance not covered by this subchapter. In the case ... The court may not recognize a marital estate's claim for reimbursement for: (1) the payment of child support, alimony, or spousal maintenance; (2) the living ... A premarital or marital property agreement, whether executed before, on, or after September 1, 1999, that satisfies the requirements of Chapter 4 is effective to ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |