{"id":2428,"date":"2022-06-13T20:22:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T01:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2022-06-08T20:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T01:31:18","slug":"discrepancies-between-texas-divorce-decree-and-property-division-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/discrepancies-between-texas-divorce-decree-and-property-division-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Discrepancies Between Texas Divorce Decree and Property-Division Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1973 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1125625723-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/iStock-1125625723-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When parties to a Texas divorce agree to a property division, the final judgment based on the agreement must strictly comply with it.\u00a0 The trial court cannot add, change, or leave out material terms.\u00a0 A final judgment based on a property division agreement\u00a0 must be set aside if it is not in strict compliance with the agreement, unless the discrepancy is a clerical error.\u00a0 An appeals court may modify a judgment to correct a clerical error.\u00a0 A former husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/thirteenth-court-of-appeals\/2022-13-21-00174-cv.pdf?ts=1654172513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged<\/a> the property division in his divorce due to a number of alleged discrepancies.<\/p>\n<h3>Husband and Wife Submitted Proposed Property Division<\/h3>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parties agreed to a proposed property division, identified as \u201cExhibit A.\u201d The wife testified the division was fair and just. She agreed to split funds in the husband\u2019s IRA equally after he was credited $90,000 as separate property and to split the funds in his \u201cEdge\u201d and \u201cSmart\u201d retirement plans equally.<\/p>\n<p>The husband initially disagreed with the property division in Exhibit A, but later asked the court to approve it. The trial court admitted the document into evidence, asked the parties to draft and sign an agreed final decree.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/discrepancies-between-texas-divorce-decree-and-property-division-agreement\/#more-2428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When parties to a Texas divorce agree to a property division, the final judgment based on the agreement must strictly comply with it.\u00a0 The trial court cannot add, change, or leave out material terms.\u00a0 A final judgment based on a property division agreement\u00a0 must be set aside if it is not in strict compliance with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1973,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27,86,235],"tags":[263,452,287,5,319,139,146,87,328,318],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-property","category-separate-property","category-settlement","tag-agreement","tag-decree","tag-division","tag-divorce-2","tag-husband","tag-property","tag-retirement","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>Discrepancies Between Texas Divorce Decree and Property-Division Agreement &#8212; 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