Section 3.001 – Separate Property

May 14, 2021 | Family Law, Texas

A spouse’s separate property consists of:

(1) the property owned or claimed by the spouse before marriage;
(2) the property acquired by the spouse during marriage by gift, devise, or descent; and
(3) the recovery for personal injuries sustained by the spouse during marriage, except any recovery for loss of earning capacity during marriage.

Tex. Fam. Code ยง 3.001

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.