{"id":982,"date":"2018-04-12T01:33:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T06:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=982"},"modified":"2018-04-12T01:33:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T06:33:46","slug":"texas-court-denies-post-divorce-property-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-denies-post-divorce-property-division\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Denies Post-Divorce Property Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas trial court is limited in revisiting the division of property once a final divorce decree has been issued.\u00a0 A trial court may only order a post-divorce division of property if that property was not divided or awarded to a spouse in the final divorce decree.\u00a0 The court may not alter a division of property that was in the final divorce decree.\u00a0 It may only clarify or enforce the division of property that was addressed in the divorce decree.\u00a0 It is therefore extremely important that all assets are fully addressed in the divorce.\u00a0 If the parties agree upon the property division, they should each be sure the proposed decree accurately reflects their agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The wife in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eleventh-court-of-appeals\/2018-11-16-00084-cv.pdf?ts=1521721753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a> sought a post-divorce division of property to allow her to receive a share of her husband\u2019s retirement benefits.\u00a0 The parties used a pre-printed divorce decree and were not represented by attorneys in their divorce. \u00a0Each party approved the form before it was presented and approved by the court.<\/p>\n<p>After the court entered the divorce decree, the wife petitioned for a post-divorce division of property.\u00a0 She asked the trial court to rescind the divorce decree and award her a share of her husband\u2019s military retirement.\u00a0 In the agreed decree, the trial court had awarded the husband all of his employment benefits and individual retirement accounts.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-denies-post-divorce-property-division\/#more-982\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas trial court is limited in revisiting the division of property once a final divorce decree has been issued.\u00a0 A trial court may only order a post-divorce division of property if that property was not divided or awarded to a spouse in the final divorce decree.\u00a0 The court may not alter a division of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Court Denies Post-Divorce Property Division &#8212; 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