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\"iStock-483613578-300x204\"The characterization of property in a Texas divorce is generally determined by the property\u2019s character when the spouse acquired it.\u00a0 Separate property is property a spouse owned before the marriage or acquired during the marriage through gift, devise, or decent.\u00a0 Improvements made to separate property are generally also separate property because they are not divisible from the land. Community property is property acquired by either spouse during the marriage that is not separate property.\u00a0 In a recent case, a wife challenged<\/a> a court\u2019s characterization of the marital home as community property.<\/p>\n

Home Built During Marriage<\/h3>\n

According to the opinion of the appeals court, the parties got married in 1995. \u00a0In 2000, the husband\u2019s mother transferred two lots to both of the parties by a gift deed.\u00a0 They built the marital home on those two lots during the marriage.\u00a0 The wife moved out of the home when the parties separated in 2015.\u00a0 The husband had stayed there and paid the household bills and property taxes.<\/p>\n

The trial court ordered the home to be sold.\u00a0 It awarded 75% of the net proceeds from the sale of the home to the husband and the other 25% of the net proceeds to the wife.<\/p>\n

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The characterization of property in a Texas divorce is generally determined by the property\u2019s character when the spouse acquired it.\u00a0 Separate property is property a spouse owned before the marriage or acquired during the marriage through gift, devise, or decent.\u00a0 Improvements made to separate property are generally also separate property because they are not divisible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2077,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[189,27,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gifts","category-property","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"\nMarital Home Built on Gifted Lots Retains Separate Property Characterization in Texas Divorce — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — May 13, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 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