Sec. 123.055. LIABILITY OF FORMER SPOUSE FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS, BENEFITS, OR PROPERTY. A divorced individual's former spouse or any relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual who, not for value, receives a payment, benefit, or property to which the former spouse or the relative of the former spouse who is not a relative of the divorced individual is not entitled as a result of Sections 123.052(a) and (b):
(1) shall return the payment, benefit, or property to the person who is entitled to the payment, benefit, or property under this subchapter; or
(2) is personally liable to the person described by Subdivision (1) for the amount of the payment or the value of the benefit or property received, as applicable.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1338 (S.B. 1198), Sec. 2.17, eff. January 1, 2014.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Estates of Decedents; Durable Powers of Attorney
Subtitle C - Passage of Title and Distribution of Decedents' Property in General
Chapter 123 - Dissolution of Marriage
Subchapter B. Effect of Dissolution of Marriage on Certain Nontestamentary Transfers
Section 123.053. Effect of Revocation
Section 123.055. Liability of Former Spouse for Certain Payments, Benefits, or Property
Section 123.056. Certain Trusts With Divorced Individuals as Joint Settlors