{"id":2315,"date":"2021-12-27T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T12:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2315"},"modified":"2021-12-26T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T03:03:03","slug":"valuation-and-separate-property-in-texas-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/valuation-and-separate-property-in-texas-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Valuation and Separate Property in Texas Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1284 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/property-division-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"property-division-300x110\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/property-division-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/property-division-768x281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/property-division-328x120.jpg 328w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/property-division.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Courts must divide community property in a \u201cjust and right\u201d manner in Texas divorce cases.\u00a0 The property division does not have to be mathematically equal, but should be equitable to both parties. \u00a0To achieve a just and right division, the court needs evidence of the value of the assets before it.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2021-01-20-00143-cv.pdf?ts=1640093039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a husband challenged a property division, arguing the court had divested him of his separate property and did not have sufficient evidence to fairly divide the community estate.<\/p>\n<p>The husband petitioned for divorce in 2017. His petition stated there was no community property to be divided.<\/p>\n<p>The wife asked for a disproportionate share of the community estate, her own separate property, and reimbursement for community funds she alleged the husband used for the benefit of his separate property.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/valuation-and-separate-property-in-texas-divorce\/#more-2315\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courts must divide community property in a \u201cjust and right\u201d manner in Texas divorce cases.\u00a0 The property division does not have to be mathematically equal, but should be equitable to both parties. \u00a0To achieve a just and right division, the court needs evidence of the value of the assets before it.\u00a0 In a recent case, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,86],"tags":[348,85,227,423,287,319,160,87,328,436,435,318],"class_list":["post-2315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-separate-property","tag-character","tag-characterization","tag-community-property","tag-disproportionate","tag-division","tag-husband","tag-just-and-right","tag-separate-property","tag-texas-family-code","tag-valuation","tag-value","tag-wife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valuation and Separate Property in Texas Divorce &#8212; 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