{"id":1223,"date":"2019-01-21T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2019-01-21T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:00:55","slug":"personal-injury-recoveries-in-texas-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/personal-injury-recoveries-in-texas-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Injury Recoveries in Texas Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a court divides property in a Texas divorce, it presumes all property possessed by either spouse during the marriage or upon the divorce is community property.\u00a0 Community property is all property acquired by other spouse during the marriage, other than separate property.\u00a0 Separate property is either property owned or claimed by the spouse before the marriage or acquired by one spouse during the marriage by gift, devise, or descent.\u00a0 Personal injury recoveries are separate property, but the community estate may recover for medical expenses , lost earning capacity, and other expenses the community estate incurred due to the injury. \u00a0The spouse asserting that the property is separate has the burden of showing which part of the settlement is separate property.\u00a0 Language in a settlement agreement identifying the basis for the payment may displace the presumption of community property and create a new presumption that the funds are separate property. \u00a0In such cases, the spouse claiming the property is community property must provide evidence to rebut the presumption that it is separate.<\/p>\n<p>A husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2018-14-17-00049-cv.pdf?ts=1546004389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenged<\/a> the trial court\u2019s property division, partly because it denied his reimbursement claim related to funds from a settlement.\u00a0 He had settled a discrimination claim against his employer during the marriage.\u00a0 The settlement included mental anguish, pain and suffering, and physical injuries, but did not include back pay or front pay.\u00a0 He agreed to resign as part of the settlement.\u00a0 He deposited the funds into a savings account.<\/p>\n<p>Funds from the savings account were used to make a down payment on the couple\u2019s home, the monthly mortgage, and the final payment.\u00a0 The mortgage was in the husband\u2019s name, but the deed was in both names.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/personal-injury-recoveries-in-texas-divorce\/#more-1223\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a court divides property in a Texas divorce, it presumes all property possessed by either spouse during the marriage or upon the divorce is community property.\u00a0 Community property is all property acquired by other spouse during the marriage, other than separate property.\u00a0 Separate property is either property owned or claimed by the spouse before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Personal Injury Recoveries in Texas Divorce &#8212; 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