{"id":3160,"date":"2026-01-21T13:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T19:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=3160"},"modified":"2026-02-12T13:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:05:55","slug":"texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case<\/a>, the Texas Supreme Court examined whether a trial court properly exercised its jurisdiction under Chapter 9 of the Texas Family Code when enforcing a divorce decree involving community property. Morrison v. Morrison<\/em>, No. 24-0053 (Tex. Jan. 30, 2026)<\/p>\n

The parties\u2019 divorce decree awarded each spouse defined interests in the marital estate, including the marital residence. After the divorce, a dispute arose concerning one spouse\u2019s alleged failure to maintain property awarded under the decree, which ultimately affected the value of the marital home. The aggrieved spouse sought relief in the trial court, alleging a violation of the decree and requesting enforcement.<\/p>\n

Enforcement Versus Modification<\/h2>\n
Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas Supreme Court examined whether a trial court properly exercised its jurisdiction under Chapter 9 of the Texas Family Code when enforcing a divorce decree involving community property. Morrison v. Morrison, No. 24-0053 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-property-rights"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 21, 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas — January 21, 2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 21, 2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas — January 21, 2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelly McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 21, 2026","description":"Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas — January 21, 2026","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 21, 2026","twitter_description":"Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas — January 21, 2026","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelly McClure","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelly McClure","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1"},"headline":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case","datePublished":"2026-01-21T19:05:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-12T19:05:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/"},"wordCount":506,"articleSection":["Divorce","Property Rights"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/","name":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 21, 2026","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-01-21T19:05:27+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-12T19:05:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1"},"description":"Even after a divorce decree becomes final, disputes may arise regarding compliance with the decree\u2019s property provisions. In a recent case, the Texas — January 21, 2026","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-supreme-court-reverses-and-remands-divorce-property-division-case\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Divorce Property Division Case"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/","name":"Texas Divorce Attorney Blog","description":"Published by Texas Collaborative & Family Attorney \u2014 McClure Law Group","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1","name":"Kelly McClure","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelly McClure"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/kelly-mcclure.html"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/author\/mcclurelaw2\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3161,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3160\/revisions\/3161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}