{"id":2636,"date":"2023-04-27T17:36:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T22:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2023-04-21T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:37:15","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-separate-property-characterization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-separate-property-characterization\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Separate Property Characterization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1406 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2018_10_agreement-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"2018_10_agreement-300x165\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2018_10_agreement-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2018_10_agreement-218x120.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/2018_10_agreement.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Property possessed by either spouse at the time of a Texas divorce is generally presumed to be community property, but that presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.\u00a0 A number of other rules and presumptions may affect the characterization of property during the property division.\u00a0 A husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/d.docs.live.net\/5de6e4e09fd06d72\/Documents\/McClure\/Crist%20v%20Crist\/The%20wife%20bought%20a%20residential%20property%20before%20her%20relationship%20with%20the%20husband.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> characterization of property purchased by the wife before the marriage as her separate property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The wife bought a residential property before her relationship with the husband.\u00a0 After the parties got married, the husband and his children moved in with the wife. Both parties testified they frequently argued about money and finances.\u00a0 When they argued, the wife would say the house was hers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-separate-property-characterization\/#more-2636\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Property possessed by either spouse at the time of a Texas divorce is generally presumed to be community property, but that presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence.\u00a0 A number of other rules and presumptions may affect the characterization of property during the property division.\u00a0 A husband recently appealed characterization of property purchased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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 Upholds Separate Property Characterization &#8212; 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