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Tex. Fam. Code § 4.202 (2026)

Agreement To Convert To Community Property

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Sec. 4.202. AGREEMENT TO CONVERT TO COMMUNITY PROPERTY. At any time, spouses may agree that all or part of the separate property owned by either or both spouses is converted to community property.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2000.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2022 · leading case: Monroe v. Monroe, 358 S.W.3d 711 (Tex. App. 2011).
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Monroe v. Monroe, 358 S.W.3d 711 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “XVI, § 15; TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. §§ 4.202, 4.205 (West 2006).”
Benito Manuel Alvarez Alonso & Teresa F. Zeevaret Wolff v. Lucia Zeevaret Alvarez, 409 S.W.3d 754 (Tex. App. 2013). “denied); see also Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 4.202 (West 2006). An agreement to convert separate property to community property must: (1) be in writing; (2) be signed by the spouses; (3) identify the property being converted; and (4) specify the property is being converted to the…”
In Re the Est. of Cunningham, 390 S.W.3d 685 (Tex. App. 2012). “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 4.202 (West 2006). An agreement to convert the separate property of one or both spouses to community property must be in writing, be signed by the spouses, identify the property being converted, and “specify that the property is being converted to the…”
United States v. Orr, 336 F. Supp. 3d 732 (W.D. Tex. 2018). “" TEX. FAM. CODE § 4.202. Such agreements must be accompanied by certain formalities.”
David Robertson v. Oksana Robertson (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “22 TEX. FAM. CODE § 4.202 ..................”
Ronald D. Smith & Kimberly Smith v. Kingdom Investments Ltd. Carl/White Trust Anita Collins Paul O'Farrell Gladys A. Stone Edna A. Avitts Priscilla Wells Johnny M. Glosson Ellen Avitts Mgmt. Trust Connie B. Brown Floyd N. Brown, Jr. Ona Mae Worden Stanley & Eloise Brown Revocable Trust Carmie J. Brown Living Trust Charles Richard Avitts Katherine Avitts Gipson Margaret L. Clark & Thomas E. Avitts (Tex. App. 2022). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 4.202 , .203(a); Tex.”
Michael Dean Sims v. Patricia Kaye Sims (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 4.202 , .203 (West 2006) (spouses may agree to convert separate property into community property, but agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties, identify property in question, and state that property is being converted to community…”
Michael Dean Sims v. Patricia Kaye Sims (Tex. App. 2006). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. §§ 4.202 , .203 (West 2006) (spouses may agree to convert separate property into community property, but agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties, identify property in question, and state that property is being converted to community…”
David Robertson v. Oksana Robertson (Tex. App. 2015). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 4.202. Section 4.203 provides the following formalities that are required in a conversion agreement: (a) An agreement to convert separate property to community property: (1) must be in writing and: (A) be signed by the spouses; (B) identify the property…”
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