{"id":2740,"date":"2023-09-04T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2740"},"modified":"2023-08-31T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T18:41:04","slug":"characterization-of-personal-injury-recovery-in-texas-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/characterization-of-personal-injury-recovery-in-texas-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Characterization of Personal Injury Recovery in Texas Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The characterization of funds received for personal injuries can be a complex issue in a Texas divorce.\u00a0 Texas family law presumes that property possessed by a spouse during or on dissolution of the marriage is community property.\u00a0 When a spouse claims certain property is separate, that spouse must prove by clear and convincing evidence that the property is separate.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.003.\u00a0 Pursuant to Tex. Fam. Code 3.001, recovery for personal injuries sustained during the marriage is separate property.\u00a0 There is an exception, however, for recovery for lost earning capacity during the marriage.\u00a0 Because a spouse claiming separate property has the burden of proof, that spouse must show by clear and convincing evidence what part of a personal injury settlement is separate property.\u00a0 Recently, a husband appealed the trial court&#8217;s ruling which characterized his personal injury recovery as community property.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal Injury Settlement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eleventh-court-of-appeals\/2023-11-22-00085-cv.pdf?ts=1692879971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeals court<\/a>, the husband and wife married in 1994 and lived separately at various times during the marriage. In December 2014, husband was injured as the result of an automobile accident in the scope of his employment.\u00a0 The parties were separated when the accident occurred, but subsequently reconciled.<\/p>\n<p>The husband settled for the other driver\u2019s policy limits of $30,000.\u00a0 He also received net proceeds of $710,724.25 from a settlement with his employer\u2019s under-insured motorist coverage.\u00a0 Thereafter, his attorneys transferred those funds into the parties\u2019 joint checking account on October 8, 2019.\u00a0 The parties then separated that month and the wife filed a divorce petition on November 1.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/characterization-of-personal-injury-recovery-in-texas-divorce\/#more-2740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The characterization of funds received for personal injuries can be a complex issue in a Texas divorce.\u00a0 Texas family law presumes that property possessed by a spouse during or on dissolution of the marriage is community property.\u00a0 When a spouse claims certain property is separate, that spouse must prove by clear and convincing evidence that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-property","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Characterization of Personal Injury Recovery in Texas Divorce &#8212; 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