{"id":3047,"date":"2025-07-22T05:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2025-07-22T05:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T10:29:10","slug":"court-finds-fraud-based-on-husbands-transfers-of-funds-to-adult-children-in-texas-high-net-worth-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/court-finds-fraud-based-on-husbands-transfers-of-funds-to-adult-children-in-texas-high-net-worth-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Finds Fraud Based on Husband&#8217;s Transfers of Funds to Adult Children in Texas High Net Worth Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a Texas divorce, \u201cspecial community property\u201d is community property that is under the sole management, control, and disposition of one spouse. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.102(a).\u00a0 Although special community property is under the sole management, control, and disposition of one spouse, disposition of that property must be fair to the other spouse.<\/p>\n<p>When a spouse shows the other spouse disposed of community property without their consent or knowledge, there is a presumption of constructive fraud. The other spouse then has the burden of showing the disposition was fair.\u00a0 The court considers the relative size of the property to the total community estate, the adequacy of the rest of the estate, and the relationship of the parties involved in the disposition.\u00a0 In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2025-14-23-00810-cv.pdf?ts=1752594730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, a husband challenged the divorce decree that stated he had committed fraud on the community estate.<\/p>\n<p>The parties had two children together.\u00a0 The husband\u2019s two children from a previous relationship were adults by the time of the divorce. Each party alleged constructive and actual fraud on the community estate by the other.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/court-finds-fraud-based-on-husbands-transfers-of-funds-to-adult-children-in-texas-high-net-worth-divorce\/#more-3047\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a Texas divorce, \u201cspecial community property\u201d is community property that is under the sole management, control, and disposition of one spouse. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.102(a).\u00a0 Although special community property is under the sole management, control, and disposition of one spouse, disposition of that property must be fair to the other spouse. 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