{"id":2537,"date":"2022-12-15T18:26:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T00:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2022-12-11T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T00:31:00","slug":"texas-division-of-real-estate-in-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-division-of-real-estate-in-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Division of Real Estate in 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\" \/>Property in a Texas divorce does not have to be divided equally, but instead must be divided in a just and right manner.\u00a0 There can be a number of ways to achieve a just and right division, especially when the property is a large piece of real estate.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband asked the court to award the wife a smaller portion of the parties\u2019 ranch, which he claimed was more valuable than the rest of the ranch.<\/p>\n<h3>Wife Precluded from Presenting Testimony about Value of Ranch<\/h3>\n<p>The parties married in 1995.\u00a0 When the wife petitioned for divorce, the parties owned a ranch together.\u00a0 Before the trial, the husband moved to compel discovery and subsequently for discovery sanctions.\u00a0 The trial court granted the motions and ordered that the wife would not be allowed to testify about the community property\u2019s value.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2022-14-20-00651-cv.pdf?ts=1668087517\">opinion<\/a>, he husband testified that the tax appraisal for the ranch was $529,280, but that the ranch was only worth $400,000.\u00a0 He asked the trial court to award him the entire ranch, or alternatively to award the wife the \u201crichest 10 acres\u201d and give him the other 40.\u00a0 He testified the westernmost ten acres were the most beautiful and had the richest soil.\u00a0 The remaining 40 acres included several improvements, including a mobile home, a barn, and a pond.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-division-of-real-estate-in-divorce\/#more-2537\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Property in a Texas divorce does not have to be divided equally, but instead must be divided in a just and right manner.\u00a0 There can be a number of ways to achieve a just and right division, especially when the property is a large piece of real estate.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Division of Real Estate in Divorce &#8212; 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