{"id":1521,"date":"2020-02-19T09:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1521"},"modified":"2020-02-19T09:30:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T15:30:24","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-disproportionate-property-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-disproportionate-property-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Disproportionate Property Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Property division in a Texas divorce must be just and right.\u00a0 In some cases, courts may determine that a disproportionate division of the community assets is just and right.\u00a0 In dividing the property, courts may consider a number of factors, including the ages of the parties and their relative physical conditions, their abilities, their education and business opportunites, and the size of their separate estates.\u00a0 The court may also consider fault, but may not punish a spouse through the property division. In a recent case<\/a>, a husband challenged the disproportionate division of property awarded to the wife.<\/p>\n

The parties separated after the husband was fired from his nursing job for failing to take a drug test.\u00a0 The wife testified she lived with the husband\u2019s mother during the separation.\u00a0 She testified she withdrew funds from their joint checking accounts because the money was being used for drugs and gambling.\u00a0 According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the husband was banned from his mother\u2019s home and ordered to have no contact with the wife or their children by an Arkansas court.<\/p>\n

The wife petitioned for divorce and asked to be awarded a disproportionate share of the community assets.\u00a0 The trial court ordered the husband to vacate the home.\u00a0 There was evidence the husband broke into the home and caused damage to the home and personal property.<\/p>\n

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Property division in a Texas divorce must be just and right.\u00a0 In some cases, courts may determine that a disproportionate division of the community assets is just and right.\u00a0 In dividing the property, courts may consider a number of factors, including the ages of the parties and their relative physical conditions, their abilities, their education […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Disproportionate Property Distribution — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — February 19, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Property division in a Texas divorce must be just and right.\u00a0 In some cases, courts may determine that a disproportionate division of 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