{"id":2644,"date":"2023-05-15T17:44:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T22:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2644"},"modified":"2023-04-21T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:45:36","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-decree-with-no-payment-mechanism-or-schedule-for-owelty-lien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-decree-with-no-payment-mechanism-or-schedule-for-owelty-lien\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Divorce Decree with No Payment Mechanism or Schedule for Owelty Lien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1399 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-300x169\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-213x120.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In dividing property in a Texas divorce, the court must effect a just and right division.\u00a0 If the marital residence is part of the community estate and one party will keep it, the court must address the other spouse\u2019s share of the equity.\u00a0 The court may do this by placing an owelty lien on the property.\u00a0 An owelty lien creates an encumbrance on the property that follows it upon a sale.\u00a0 The lien must be paid before the net proceeds of the sale are distributed to the spouse. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eighth-court-of-appeals\/2023-08-22-00016-cv.pdf?ts=1679748552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a mother challenged a divorce decree that did not include a payment mechanism or schedule for her owelty lien, while the father challenged the specifics of the geographic restriction imposed on the primary residence of the child.<\/p>\n<p>The father asked the trial court to appoint both parents joint managing conservators of their child. He asked neither parent be given the exclusive right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence and that the court impose a geographic restriction.\u00a0 He requested the trial court to divide the estate in a just and right manner. He asked that the mother receive a lien on the marital estate for half of the net equity of the home.<\/p>\n<p>The mother asked for the right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 She also asked the trial court to award her half the market value of the home.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-divorce-decree-with-no-payment-mechanism-or-schedule-for-owelty-lien\/#more-2644\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In dividing property in a Texas divorce, the court must effect a just and right division.\u00a0 If the marital residence is part of the community estate and one party will keep it, the court must address the other spouse\u2019s share of the equity.\u00a0 The court may do this by placing an owelty lien on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Upholds Divorce Decree with No Payment Mechanism or Schedule for Owelty Lien &#8212; 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