{"id":2702,"date":"2023-06-06T21:13:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T02:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2702"},"modified":"2023-07-27T10:41:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:41:32","slug":"texas-wife-not-awarded-disproportionate-property-division-despite-allegations-of-cruelty-and-infidelity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-wife-not-awarded-disproportionate-property-division-despite-allegations-of-cruelty-and-infidelity\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Wife Not Awarded Disproportionate Property Division Despite Allegations of Cruelty and Infidelity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A court\u2019s division of property in a Texas divorce must be just and right.\u00a0 A just and right division does not have to be equal and may be disproportionate in some circumstances, including fault such as adultery or cruelty.\u00a0 A wife recently challenged a property division in which the trial court did not award her a disproportionate share of the community estate in light of her allegations of adultery and cruelty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alleged Cruelty and Infidelity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The wife testified the husband had multiple affairs during the marriage, according to the appeals court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2023-14-22-00313-cv.pdf?ts=1685018642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a>.\u00a0 She also testified he had physically abused her.\u00a0 She said he had beaten her after she had surgery, resulting in her stitches breaking open.\u00a0 She further testified that he started hitting her again when she came home from the doctor and she got a kitchen knife to defend herself.\u00a0 She said she held the knife in front of her and \u201cjust the point of the knife\u201d cut the husband when he got in her face, but she did not deliberately stab him.\u00a0 She testified the injury only needed a bandage, but the husband went to the doctor so he could later use it against her.<\/p>\n<p>She testified she did not have any documentation of the husband\u2019s alleged affairs.\u00a0 She also did not offer any documentation of her alleged injuries.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-wife-not-awarded-disproportionate-property-division-despite-allegations-of-cruelty-and-infidelity\/#more-2702\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court\u2019s division of property in a Texas divorce must be just and right.\u00a0 A just and right division does not have to be equal and may be disproportionate in some circumstances, including fault such as adultery or cruelty.\u00a0 A wife recently challenged a property division in which the trial court did not award her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,233,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abuse","category-adultery","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Wife Not Awarded Disproportionate Property Division Despite Allegations of Cruelty and Infidelity &#8212; 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