Tex. Fam. Code § 3.008 · Subchapter A. GENERAL RULES FOR SEPARATE AND COMMUNITY PROPERTY
PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Insurance proceeds paid or payable that arise from a casualty loss to property during marriage are characterized in the same manner as the property to which the claim is attributable.
(b) If a person becomes disabled or is injured, any disability insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is community property to the extent it is intended to replace earnings lost while the disabled or injured person is married. To the extent that any insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is intended to replace earnings while the disabled or injured person is not married, the recovery is the separate property of the disabled or injured spouse.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 490 (H.B. 410), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.3.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 6aba1aa4dde11b87597eec41d351befe8e8c1011db97e7f60ddad83175fa079b
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.