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Tex. Fam. Code § 3.101 (2026)

Managing Separate Property

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Sec. 3.101. MANAGING SEPARATE PROPERTY. Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse's separate property.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2009–2022 · leading case: Hagen v. Hagen, 282 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. 2009).
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Hagen v. Hagen, 282 S.W.3d 899 (Tex. 2009). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM.CODE § 3.101 ("Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse's separate property.”
Graff v. Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Inc., No. 1:17-cv-06748 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 9, 2019). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 3.101 (“Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse’s separate property.”
Chow v. Lee, No. 20-04036 (Bankr. E.D. Tex. Dec. 13, 2021). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM. CODE § 3.101. “Each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of that spouse’s separate property.”
in the Matter of the Marriage of Ronald Wells & Deborah Wells, No. 12-21-00152-CV, 2022 WL 3724724 (Tex. App.—Tyler Aug. 30, 2022). “” TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 3.101 (West 2006). A court is prohibited by law from divesting a spouse of title to her separate property by awarding it to the other spouse.”
Lee Ann Cholopisa v. Roy William Cholopisa, No. 13-14-00042-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi June 4, 2015). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 3.101 (West, Westlaw through 2013 3d C.”
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