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Tex. Fam. Code § 4.203 (2026)

Formalities Of Agreement

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Sec. 4.203. FORMALITIES OF 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 being converted; and

(C) specify that the property is being converted to the spouses' community property; and

(2) is enforceable without consideration.

(b) The mere transfer of a spouse's separate property to the name of the other spouse or to the name of both spouses is not sufficient to convert the property to community property under this subchapter.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2013–2023 · leading case: Benito Manuel Alvarez Alonso & Teresa F. Zeevaret Wolff v. Lucia Zeevaret Alvarez, 409 S.W.3d 754 (Tex. App. 2013).
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Benito Manuel Alvarez Alonso & Teresa F. Zeevaret Wolff v. Lucia Zeevaret Alvarez, 409 S.W.3d 754 (Tex. App. 2013). “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 4.203 (West 2006). Lucia and Lucy testified that Benito executed a series of agreements after Lucia discovered Benito was having an affair with her sister.”
Nancy Bouajram v. Rami Bouajram (Tex. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 4.203 . Merely transferring a spouse’s separate property to the name of the other spouse or to the name of both spouses is insufficient to convert the property to community property.”
David Robertson v. Oksana Robertson (Tex. App. 2017). “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 4.203 (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
Azeta Durant v. Lumberjack Energy, LLC (Tex. App. 2021). “5 TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 4.203. Section 112.”
Justin W. LaPree v. Kelly M. LaPree (Tex. App. 2022). “DISCUSSION In his first issue, Justin contends that the trial court erred in granting partial summary judgment determining that (1) the Agreement did not constitute an enforceable agreement converting the corpus of the Norris Trusts from separate property to community property,…”
David Robertson v. Oksana Robertson (Tex. App. 2015). “22 TEX. FAM. CODE § 4.203 ..................”
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