{"id":2614,"date":"2023-02-07T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T01:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2614"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:35:06","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-separate-property-characterization-in-divorce-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-separate-property-characterization-in-divorce-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Separate Property Characterization in Divorce Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Texas divorce, the trial court must divide the estate in a just and right manner, but the division does not have to be equal. \u00a0Property possessed by either party during or on dissolution of the marriage is presumed to be community property.\u00a0 To rebut the presumption, a party must generally trace the property back to separate property.\u00a0 Without tracing, a party\u2019s testimony they purchased the property with separate funds will generally not be sufficient to rebut the presumption. However, a presumption of separate property arises if a deed includes a separate property recital stating the property is transferred as separate property. \u00a0If a spouse is party to a transaction, they may not contradict the deed\u2019s express recitals with parol or extrinsic evidence without evidence of fraud, accident or mistake.\u00a0 If a spouse is not party to the transaction, however, they may use parol evidence to contradict the recitals.<\/p>\n<p>A husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/thirteenth-court-of-appeals\/2023-13-21-00251-cv.pdf?ts=1675345586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged<\/a> the characterization of property in his divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties requested a disproportionate share of the community estate. The husband also requested reimbursement based on alleged waste and actual fraud by the wife.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-separate-property-characterization-in-divorce-case\/#more-2614\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Texas divorce, the trial court must divide the estate in a just and right manner, but the division does not have to be equal. \u00a0Property possessed by either party during or on dissolution of the marriage is presumed to be community property.\u00a0 To rebut the presumption, a party must generally trace the property [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[303,27,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evidence","category-property","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Reverses Separate Property Characterization in Divorce Case &#8212; 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