{"id":2868,"date":"2024-07-14T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2868"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:48:48","slug":"texas-appeals-court-husband-did-not-overcome-community-presumption-in-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-husband-did-not-overcome-community-presumption-in-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Husband Did Not Overcome Community Presumption in Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

Community property is the property acquired by other spouse during the marriage, except separate property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.002.\u00a0 Separate property is generally that property the spouse owned or claimed prior to the marriage, property acquired by gift, devise, or descent during the marriage, and personal injury recoveries with the exception of recovery for lost earning capacity during the marriage. There is a presumption that property possessed by either spouse during or on dissolution is community property.\u00a0 This presumption can only be rebutted in a Texas divorce by clear and convincing evidence. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.003. Separate property remains separate as long as the community presumption is overcome by tracing the assets back to separate property.\u00a0 Mischaracterizing property and awarding a spouse\u2019s separate property to the other spouse constitutes an abuse of discretion and reversible error by a trial court in a divorce.\u00a0 A husband recently appealed<\/a> the property division in his divorce, arguing the trial court had mischaracterized some of his separate property as community property.<\/p>\n

Property Division<\/strong><\/p>\n

The parties had been married about nine years when the wife filed for divorce.\u00a0 In his counterpetition, the husband asked the court to confirm certain property was his separate property.\u00a0The trial was focused on the property division, included two houses and an individualized retirement account (\u201cIRA\u201d). The trial court awarded one house to each party and ordered that the spouse awarded each house was responsible for the balance of that house\u2019s mortgage.\u00a0 The court also ordered the IRA funds be split equally. The trial court confirmed certain home furnishings were the wife\u2019s separate property and a sword stand and orange sofa were the husband\u2019s separate property.<\/p>\n

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Community property is the property acquired by other spouse during the marriage, except separate property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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