Tex. Fam. Code § 3.404 · Subchapter E. CLAIMS FOR REIMBURSEMENT
APPLICATION OF INCEPTION OF TITLE RULE; OWNERSHIP INTEREST NOT CREATED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter does not affect the rule of inception of title under which the character of property is determined at the time the right to own or claim the property arises.
(b) A claim for reimbursement under this subchapter does not create an ownership interest in property, but does create a claim against the property of the benefited estate by the conferring estate. The claim matures on dissolution of the marriage or the death of either spouse.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 838, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 411 (H.B. 1547), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.3.htm
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