{"id":1279,"date":"2019-04-12T14:11:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:43","slug":"texas-divorce-court-may-reconstitute-community-estate-to-account-for-waste-and-dissipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-divorce-court-may-reconstitute-community-estate-to-account-for-waste-and-dissipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Divorce Court May Reconstitute Community Estate to Account for Waste and Dissipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Property division in a Texas divorce must be equitable.\u00a0 In dividing the property, the court may consider amounts from the community estate that a party has dissipated or wasted.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2019-14-17-00444-cv.pdf?ts=1554812095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a husband appealed the divorce decree arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support the division and that the division was manifestly unjust and unfair.<\/p>\n<p>The couple had been married for about 40 years when the wife filed for divorce.\u00a0 An associate judge issued a final divorce decree in 2015. 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