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Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001 (2026)

Separate Property

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Sec. 3.001. SEPARATE PROPERTY. 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.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 302 cases (65 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: Zagorski v. Zagorski, 116 S.W.3d 309 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003).
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Zagorski v. Zagorski, 116 S.W.3d 309 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2003). · cites it 4× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 3.001 (Vernon 1998).”
Monroe v. Monroe, 358 S.W.3d 711 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011). · cites it 4× “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 3.001 (West 2006). All other property that is not separate property is community property.”
Viera v. Viera, 331 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2011). · cites it 3× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 3.001; Phillips, 296 S.”
Schlueter v. Schlueter, 975 S.W.2d 584 (Tex. 1998). · cites it 2× “Laws 8 , 43)) (current version at Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 3.001 (3)). Likewise, in response to the concern that interspousal suits would result in fraud and collusion between the participants, the Price court stated, "we are unable to distinguish interspousal suits from other…”
In re Bippert, 311 B.R. 456 (Bankr. W.D. Tex. 2004). · cites it 6× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 3.001 (3) (Vernon 1997) (“[a] spouse’s separate property consists of: .”
Alsenz v. Alsenz, 101 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003). · cites it 2× “Royalty Payments In issue three, Richard contends the trial court erred by characterizing the royalty payments he received on his patents during the marriage as community property instead of separate property, thus divesting him of his separate property.”
Gerald Byron Barras v. Leslea Loring Barras, 396 S.W.3d 154 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2013). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 3.001 (West 2006). The spouse claiming the separate nature of certain property must trace and clearly identify the property claimed to be separate.”
Bush v. Bush, 336 S.W.3d 722 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010). · cites it 2× “XVI, § 15; TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 3.001(2) (Vernon 2006).”
Young v. Young, 168 S.W.3d 276 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2005). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 3.002 (Vernon 1998).”
Robles v. Robles, 965 S.W.2d 605 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1998). · cites it 2× “Laws 8, 43 (current version at TEX.FAM.CODE ANN. § 3.001, 3.002 (Vernon Supp.”
Hill v. Hill, 971 S.W.2d 153 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1998). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 3.001 (1) (Vernon Pamph.”
Sprague v. Sprague, 363 S.W.3d 788 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2012). · cites it 2× “XVI, § 15; TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 3.001. Community property, on the other hand, consists of all of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage, and all property possessed by either spouse during the marriage or at its dissolution is…”
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Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001(1): 32 cases
Chavez v. Chavez, 269 S.W.3d 763 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008).
Williams v. Williams, 246 S.W.3d 207 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2008).
In re the Marriage of William, 264 S.W.3d 850 (Tex. App.—Waco 2008).
Love v. Bailey-Love, 217 S.W.3d 33 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006).
Alsenz v. Alsenz, 101 S.W.3d 648 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003). “Royalty Payments In issue three, Richard contends the trial court erred by characterizing the royalty payments he received on his patents during the marriage as community property instead of separate property, thus divesting him of his separate property.”
Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001(1)(2): 4 cases
Viera v. Viera, 331 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2011). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 3.001; Phillips, 296 S.”
Newberry v. Newberry, 351 S.W.3d 552 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2011).
Thomas Mark Richardson v. Julie Ana Richardson, 424 S.W.3d 691 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2014).
Willie Mark Battle v. Rachel Dominique Battle, 642 S.W.3d 140 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2021).
Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001(2): 34 cases
Bush v. Bush, 336 S.W.3d 722 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2010). “XVI, § 15; TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 3.001(2) (Vernon 2006).”
Wells v. Wells, 251 S.W.3d 834 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2008).
Maldonado v. Maldonado, 556 S.W.3d 407 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2018).
Hill v. Hill, 971 S.W.2d 153 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 1998). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 3.001 (1) (Vernon Pamph.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of John Paul Moncey & Tammie Jo Moncey, 404 S.W.3d 701 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2013).
Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001(3): 8 cases
Harrell v. Hochderffer, 345 S.W.3d 652 (Tex. App.—Austin 2011).
Toles v. Toles, 45 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2001).
Cottone v. Cottone, 122 S.W.3d 211 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2003).
Wilson v. Wilson, 132 S.W.3d 533 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2004).
Harrison v. Harrison, 321 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2010).
Tex. Fam. Code § 3.001(a)(3): 1 case
Victor Hamilton v. State, No. 13-13-00071-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Aug. 7, 2014).
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