{"id":2298,"date":"2021-11-29T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2298"},"modified":"2021-11-28T20:45:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T02:45:13","slug":"evidence-of-separate-property-in-texas-divorce-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/evidence-of-separate-property-in-texas-divorce-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence of Separate Property in Texas Divorce Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2301 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1214358087-300x169\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/iStock-1214358087-213x120.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Texas law presumes that property possessed by a spouse during or on dissolution of the marriage is community property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.003.\u00a0 The presumption can only be rebutted by clear-and-convincing evidence the property is separate. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eighth-court-of-appeals\/2021-08-20-00121-cv.pdf?ts=1637155395\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a husband challenged the characterization and distribution of property in his divorce.<\/p>\n<p>The parties got married in 2008 and separated in 2018.\u00a0 The wife moved into her own apartment and filed for divorce in March 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The wife submitted an inventory and appraisement, a copy of her student-loan activity, and a proposed property division.\u00a0 The husband also submitted an inventory and appraisement, as well as account statements and receipts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/evidence-of-separate-property-in-texas-divorce-cases\/#more-2298\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas law presumes that property possessed by a spouse during or on dissolution of the marriage is community property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.003.\u00a0 The presumption can only be rebutted by clear-and-convincing evidence the property is separate. In a recent case, a husband challenged the characterization and distribution of property in his divorce. The parties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,303,27,140,86],"tags":[464,227,5,304,319,463,462,87,328,318],"class_list":["post-2298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-evidence","category-property","category-property-rights","category-separate-property","tag-clear-and-convincing","tag-community-property","tag-divorce-2","tag-evidence","tag-husband","tag-personal-property","tag-receipts","tag-separate-property","tag-texas-family-code","tag-wife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Evidence of Separate Property in Texas Divorce Cases &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; November 29, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Texas law presumes that property possessed by a spouse during or on dissolution of the marriage is community property.\u00a0 Tex. 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