§ 3.001 Separate Property
§ 3.002 Community Property
§ 3.003 Presumption of Community Property
§ 3.004 Recordation of Separate Property
§ 3.005 Gifts Between Spouses
§ 3.006 Proportional Ownership of Property by Marital Estates
§ 3.007 Property Interest in Certain Employee Benefits
§ 3.008 Property Interest in Certain Insurance Proceeds

Terms Used In Texas Family Code Chapter 3 > Subchapter A - General Rules for Separate and Community Property

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005