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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 (a) Repealed...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...
Chapter 4 - Premarital and Marital Property Agreements
Subchapter A. Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
Section 4.001. Definitions - Sec. 4.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Premarital agreement" means...
Section 4.002. Formalities - Sec. 4.002. FORMALITIES. A premarital agreement must be in writing...
Section 4.003. Content - Sec. 4.003. CONTENT. (a) The parties to a premarital agreement...
Section 4.004. Effect of Marriage - Sec. 4.004. EFFECT OF MARRIAGE. A premarital agreement becomes effective...
Section 4.006. Enforcement - Sec. 4.006. ENFORCEMENT. (a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable...
Section 4.007. Enforcement: Void Marriage - Sec. 4.007. ENFORCEMENT: VOID MARRIAGE. If a marriage is determined...
Section 4.008. Limitation of Actions - Sec. 4.008. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. A statute of limitations applicable...
Section 4.009. Application and Construction - Sec. 4.009. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. This subchapter shall be applied...
Section 4.010. Short Title - Sec. 4.010. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as...
Subchapter B. Marital Property Agreement
Section 4.101. Definition - Sec. 4.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "property" has the meaning...
Section 4.102. Partition or Exchange of Community Property - Sec. 4.102. PARTITION OR EXCHANGE OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY. At any...
Section 4.103. Agreement Between Spouses Concerning Income or Property From Separate Property - Sec. 4.103. AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPOUSES CONCERNING INCOME OR PROPERTY FROM...
Section 4.104. Formalities - Sec. 4.104. FORMALITIES. A partition or exchange agreement under Section...
Section 4.105. Enforcement - Sec. 4.105. ENFORCEMENT. (a) A partition or exchange agreement is...
Section 4.106. Rights of Creditors and Recordation Under Partition or Exchange Agreement - Sec. 4.106. RIGHTS OF CREDITORS AND RECORDATION UNDER PARTITION OR...
Subchapter C. Agreement to Convert Separate Property to Community Property
Section 4.201. Definition - Sec. 4.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "property" has the meaning...
Section 4.202. Agreement to Convert to Community Property - Sec. 4.202. AGREEMENT TO CONVERT TO COMMUNITY PROPERTY. At any...
Section 4.203. Formalities of Agreement - Sec. 4.203. FORMALITIES OF AGREEMENT. (a) An agreement to convert...
Section 4.204. Management of Converted Property - Sec. 4.204. MANAGEMENT OF CONVERTED PROPERTY. Except as specified in...
Section 4.205. Enforcement - Sec. 4.205. ENFORCEMENT. (a) An agreement to convert property to...
Section 4.206. Rights of Creditors; Recording - Sec. 4.206. RIGHTS OF CREDITORS; RECORDING. (a) A conversion of...
Chapter 5 - Homestead Rights
Subchapter A. Sale of Homestead; General Rule
Section 5.001. Sale, Conveyance, or Encumbrance of Homestead - Sec. 5.001. SALE, CONVEYANCE, OR ENCUMBRANCE OF HOMESTEAD. Whether the...
Section 5.002. Sale of Separate Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated - Sec. 5.002. SALE OF SEPARATE HOMESTEAD AFTER SPOUSE JUDICIALLY DECLARED...
Section 5.003. Sale of Community Homestead After Spouse Judicially Declared Incapacitated - Sec. 5.003. SALE OF COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD AFTER SPOUSE JUDICIALLY DECLARED...
Subchapter B. Sale of Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances
Section 5.101. Sale of Separate Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances - Sec. 5.101. SALE OF SEPARATE HOMESTEAD UNDER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. If...
Section 5.102. Sale of Community Homestead Under Unusual Circumstances - Sec. 5.102. SALE OF COMMUNITY HOMESTEAD UNDER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. If...
Section 5.103. Time for Filing Petition - Sec. 5.103. TIME FOR FILING PETITION. The petitioning spouse may...
Section 5.104. Appointment of Attorney - Sec. 5.104. APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 5.105. Citation; Notice of Hearing - Sec. 5.105. CITATION; NOTICE OF HEARING. Citation and notice of...
Section 5.106. Court Order - Sec. 5.106. COURT ORDER. (a) After notice and hearing, the...
Section 5.108. Remedies and Powers Cumulative - Sec. 5.108. REMEDIES AND POWERS CUMULATIVE. The remedies and the...