Tex. Fam. Code § 3.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL RULES FOR SEPARATE AND COMMUNITY PROPERTY
PRESUMPTION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Property possessed by either spouse during or on dissolution of marriage is presumed to be community property.
(b) The degree of proof necessary to establish that property is separate property is clear and convincing evidence.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.3.htm
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