{"id":2810,"date":"2024-02-10T22:44:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T04:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2024-02-14T08:26:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:26:38","slug":"fraud-on-the-community-in-texas-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/fraud-on-the-community-in-texas-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud on the Community in Texas Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spouses have a fiduciary duty toward each other with regard to the community estate and commit fraud on the community if they breach a legal or equitable duty in violation of the fiduciary relationship.\u00a0 Fraud on the community often occurs when assets are transferred to a third party, but can also occur when it is unaccounted for.<\/p>\n<p>If a court determines a spouse committed fraud, it must determine the amount the community estate was depleted and the total value it would have had absent the fraud.\u00a0 The trial court then divides the reconstituted estate in a just and right manner, which may include awarding the other spouse a disproportionate share of the community estate, a money judgment, or both.\u00a0 Tex. 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Code \u00a7 7.009.\u00a0 A husband recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eighth-court-of-appeals\/2024-08-23-00016-cv.pdf?ts=1706708791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> the trial court\u2019s finding of fraud, judgments, and property division in his Texas divorce.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the husband owned a home when the parties married in 2002.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/fraud-on-the-community-in-texas-divorce\/#more-2810\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spouses have a fiduciary duty toward each other with regard to the community estate and commit fraud on the community if they breach a legal or equitable duty in violation of the fiduciary relationship.\u00a0 Fraud on the community often occurs when assets are transferred to a third party, but can also occur when it is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-divorce","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fraud on the Community in Texas Divorce &#8212; 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