{"id":2499,"date":"2022-10-09T18:51:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2022-10-05T18:56:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T23:56:57","slug":"texas-husband-denied-reimbursement-for-repairs-to-wifes-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-husband-denied-reimbursement-for-repairs-to-wifes-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Husband Denied Reimbursement for Repairs to Wife’s Property"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iStock-178756342-300x199\"A spouse in a Texas divorce may have a reimbursement claim if they use their own separate property to fund improvements to the other spouse\u2019s separate property.\u00a0 Likewise, if community funds are used for the benefit of a spouse\u2019s property, the spouse may be ordered to reimburse the community.\u00a0 The party seeking reimbursement must plead and prove the claim, including showing that the funds used were their separate property. Courts must resolve claims for reimbursement using principles of equity.<\/p>\n

A husband recently challenged<\/a> a trial court\u2019s denial of his reimbursement claims.\u00a0 According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, both parties had significant separate property when they married in 2010.\u00a0 The husband owned one home and the wife owned two.\u00a0 They bought a new house 2014.\u00a0 The husband sold his home and used $141,000 of the proceeds for the new house.\u00a0 The wife sold one of her homes and used $150,000 from that sale on the new home.<\/p>\n

Testimony Regarding Husband’s Reimbursement Claim<\/h3>\n

The husband also paid about $70,000 for a pool at the new house.\u00a0 He claimed the funds were his separate property, but the wife testified she thought he had used community funds.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A spouse in a Texas divorce may have a reimbursement claim if they use their own separate property to fund improvements to the other spouse\u2019s separate property.\u00a0 Likewise, if community funds are used for the benefit of a spouse\u2019s property, the spouse may be ordered to reimburse the community.\u00a0 The party seeking reimbursement must plead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Husband Denied Reimbursement for Repairs to Wife's Property — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — October 9, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A spouse in a Texas divorce may have a reimbursement claim if they use their own separate 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