{"id":3093,"date":"2025-10-15T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T16:21:13","slug":"texas-appeals-court-affirms-characterization-of-parental-gift-as-separate-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-affirms-characterization-of-parental-gift-as-separate-property\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Affirms Characterization of Parental Gift as Separate Property"},"content":{"rendered":"

The court in a Texas divorce case must divide the estate in a \u201cjust and right\u201d manner.\u00a0 Property acquired by either spouse during the marriage, except separate property, is community property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.002.\u00a0 Separate property includes property acquired by a spouse by gift.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.001.\u00a0 There is a rebuttable gift presumption for property conveyed by a parent to a child. The presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence that the parent lacked donative intent. A former husband recently challenged<\/a> characterization of certain property the wife claimed had been gifted to her, as well as a provision stating the wife was entitled to file taxes as head of household, and a number of other issues.<\/p>\n

The wife bought a new home in July 1999. She and her father were listed as the grantees on the deed, but the husband put $25,000 down.\u00a0 The parties got married that September and lived in the home. \u00a0The wife\u2019s father\u2019s interest in the home was transferred to the husband in October 2000.<\/p>\n

The husband worked as an engineer when they married but was laid off in 2007.\u00a0 At the time of the trial, he had not had full-time employment since that lay-off.\u00a0 He had received a severance and used it for bills and living expenses until it was depleted.\u00a0 The husband cared for the parties\u2019 young child while the wife worked full time.<\/p>\n

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The court in a Texas divorce case must divide the estate in a \u201cjust and right\u201d manner.\u00a0 Property acquired by either spouse during the marriage, except separate property, is community property.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 3.002.\u00a0 Separate property includes property acquired by a spouse by gift.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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