{"id":3010,"date":"2025-05-14T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:45:50","slug":"husbands-reimbursement-claim-for-high-dollar-assets-taken-after-separation-by-wife-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/husbands-reimbursement-claim-for-high-dollar-assets-taken-after-separation-by-wife-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"Husband&#8217;s Reimbursement Claim For High Dollar Assets Taken After Separation by Wife Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reimbursement is an equitable right arises in a Texas divorce when the property of one marital estate is used to the benefit of another marital estate, resulting in unjust enrichment to the benefited estate if not repaid.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.402.\u00a0 A spouse may pursue a reimbursement claim, for example, if community property funds are used to pay the debt for or make improvements to the other spouse\u2019s separate property.\u00a0 The court must apply equitable principles to determine if it will recognize a claim for reimbursement, considering the relative circumstances of both parties and, if the court determines the reimbursement claim is appropriate, it must order a just and right division of the claim for reimbursement, with regard for the rights of the parties and children.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 7.007.\u00a0 The spouse seeking reimbursement has the burden of proving that the property of one marital estate was used by one or both spouses to benefit another marital estate, the value of that benefit, and that the benefited estate will be unjustly enriched if reimbursement is not required. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.402(b).\u00a0 The trial court has broad discretion in determining reimbursement claims.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent case, a former husband <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2025-05-24-00519-cv.pdf?ts=1746709261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> the divorce decree that did not award him reimbursement.\u00a0 The wife petitioned for divorce in 2022, after nearly 50 years of marriage.\u00a0 In his counterpetition, the husband made a claim for reimbursement, but the court did not award him reimbursement in the final divorce decree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Husband\u2019s Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The husband appealed, arguing the trial court did not properly apply the law regarding reimbursement of the community estate.\u00a0 The judge stated, \u201cwhatever she took with her [in 2016] the marriage was still ongoing . . . . I cannot go back in time and fix that.\u201d The husband argued the court misstated the law.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/husbands-reimbursement-claim-for-high-dollar-assets-taken-after-separation-by-wife-denied\/#more-3010\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reimbursement is an equitable right arises in a Texas divorce when the property of one marital estate is used to the benefit of another marital estate, resulting in unjust enrichment to the benefited estate if not repaid.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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