Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities
Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities

Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property

Section 3.001. Separate Property - Sec. 3.001. SEPARATE PROPERTY. A spouse's separate property consists of:...

Section 3.002. Community Property - Sec. 3.002. COMMUNITY PROPERTY. Community property consists of the property,...

Section 3.003. Presumption of Community Property - Sec. 3.003. PRESUMPTION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY. (a) Property possessed by...

Section 3.004. Recordation of Separate Property - Sec. 3.004. RECORDATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY. (a) A subscribed and...

Section 3.005. Gifts Between Spouses - Sec. 3.005. GIFTS BETWEEN SPOUSES. If one spouse makes a...

Section 3.006. Proportional Ownership of Property by Marital Estates - Sec. 3.006. PROPORTIONAL OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY BY MARITAL ESTATES. If...

Section 3.007. Property Interest in Certain Employee Benefits - Sec. 3.007. PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. (a) Repealed...

Section 3.008. Property Interest in Certain Insurance Proceeds - Sec. 3.008. PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN INSURANCE PROCEEDS. (a) Insurance...

Subchapter B. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property

Section 3.101. Managing Separate Property - Sec. 3.101. MANAGING SEPARATE PROPERTY. Each spouse has the sole...

Section 3.102. Managing Community Property - Sec. 3.102. MANAGING COMMUNITY PROPERTY. (a) During marriage, each spouse...

Section 3.103. Managing Earnings of Minor - Sec. 3.103. MANAGING EARNINGS OF MINOR. Except as provided by...

Section 3.104. Protection of Third Persons - Sec. 3.104. PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSONS. (a) During marriage, property...

Subchapter C. Marital Property Liabilities

Section 3.201. Spousal Liability - Sec. 3.201. SPOUSAL LIABILITY. (a) A person is personally liable...

Section 3.202. Rules of Marital Property Liability - Sec. 3.202. RULES OF MARITAL PROPERTY LIABILITY. (a) A spouse's...

Section 3.203. Order in Which Property Is Subject to Execution - Sec. 3.203. ORDER IN WHICH PROPERTY IS SUBJECT TO EXECUTION....

Subchapter D. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property Under Unusual Circumstances

Section 3.301. Missing, Abandoned, or Separated Spouse - Sec. 3.301. MISSING, ABANDONED, OR SEPARATED SPOUSE. (a) A spouse...

Section 3.302. Spouse Missing on Public Service - Sec. 3.302. SPOUSE MISSING ON PUBLIC SERVICE. (a) If a...

Section 3.303. Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 3.303. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 3.304. Notice of Hearing; Citation - Sec. 3.304. NOTICE OF HEARING; CITATION. (a) Notice of the...

Section 3.305. Citation by Publication - Sec. 3.305. CITATION BY PUBLICATION. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 3.306. Court Order for Management, Control, and Disposition of Community Property - Sec. 3.306. COURT ORDER FOR MANAGEMENT, CONTROL, AND DISPOSITION OF...

Section 3.307. Continuing Jurisdiction of Court; Vacating Original Order - Sec. 3.307. CONTINUING JURISDICTION OF COURT; VACATING ORIGINAL ORDER. (a)...

Section 3.308. Recording Order to Affect Real Property - Sec. 3.308. RECORDING ORDER TO AFFECT REAL PROPERTY. An order...

Section 3.309. Remedies Cumulative - Sec. 3.309. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The remedies provided in this subchapter...

Subchapter E. Claims for Reimbursement

Section 3.401. Definitions - Sec. 3.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) Repealed by Acts...

Section 3.402. Claim for Reimbursement; Offsets - Sec. 3.402. CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT; OFFSETS. (a) For purposes of...

Section 3.404. Application of Inception of Title Rule; Ownership Interest Not Created - Sec. 3.404. APPLICATION OF INCEPTION OF TITLE RULE; OWNERSHIP INTEREST...

Section 3.405. Management Rights - Sec. 3.405. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS. This subchapter does not affect the...

Section 3.406. Equitable Lien - Sec. 3.406. EQUITABLE LIEN. (a) On dissolution of a marriage,...

Section 3.409. Nonreimbursable Claims - Sec. 3.409. NONREIMBURSABLE CLAIMS. The court may not recognize a...

Section 3.410. Effect of Marital Property Agreements - Sec. 3.410. EFFECT OF MARITAL PROPERTY AGREEMENTS. A premarital or...