Texas divides the community estate in a manner that is just and right — a standard that gives courts discretion and gives prepared lawyers room to work. The fight is rarely about the percentage; it is about what is in the estate, what it is worth, and what is separate. Audu Law Firm handles property division in divorces from straightforward estates to businesses, professional practices, and contested characterization.
Characterization, Valuation, Division
Characterization
Everything on hand at divorce is presumed community. Separate property — owned before marriage, or received by gift or inheritance — must be proven by clear and convincing evidence, and money that moved between accounts over years must be traced. The spouse who cannot trace loses the claim, regardless of where the money actually came from.
Valuation
Businesses, professional practices, retirement accounts, stock compensation, and real estate each carry their own valuation questions, and reimbursement claims arise where one estate enhanced the other — the community that paid down a separate mortgage, the separate funds that capitalized a community business.
Division
Just and right is not automatically fifty-fifty. Fault, disparity in earning capacity, health, and the size of separate estates all bear on the split — and the division must be workable: who refinances, who indemnifies, how retirement is divided by QDRO without tax damage.
The estate is divided once. Value it, trace it, and divide it right.
832-780-9005 | Serving Fort Bend, Harris, Brazoria, and Montgomery Counties
This content is for informational purposes only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship.