{"id":811,"date":"2017-09-29T12:37:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2017-09-29T12:37:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:37:19","slug":"gift-given-texas-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/gift-given-texas-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Gift Given Before Texas Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent Texas property division decision<\/a>, an ex-husband tried to reverse a property distribution order issued as part of a divorce. The couple married in 2012, after the husband had bought a tractor and multiple attachments from a dealership. The husband had signed a five-year note to finance a portion of the purchase price of the equipment. The couple separated in 2014 when the wife sued him for divorce.<\/p>\n

They both claimed that they owned certain items of property before marrying and that these should be considered separate property. The husband took issue with the court’s treatment of the tractor he’d bought, as well as the characterization of his bonus, received in May 2014 as community property. He argued that he earned the bonus based on a project that started before his marriage.<\/p>\n

At trial, the wife gave the court an inventory of community property and her separate property. She listed the tractor as an asset over which she and her husband had a dispute. She said that the husband gave her the tractor as a gift before they married. Documents showed he’d bought the tractor close to a year before marriage, and he made all of the monthly payments since the sale.<\/p>\n

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