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TX Fam Code § 2.402 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter E. Marriage Without Formalities|Section 2.402. Declaration and Registration of Informal Marriage

Sec. 2.402.  DECLARATION AND REGISTRATION OF INFORMAL MARRIAGE.  (a)  A declaration of informal marriage must be signed on a form prescribed by the bureau of vital statistics and provided by the county clerk.  Each party to the declaration shall provide the information required in the form.(b)  The declaration form must contain:(1)  a heading entitled "Declaration and Registration of Informal Marriage, ___________ County, Texas";(2)  spaces for each party's full name, including the woman's maiden surname, address, date of birth, place of birth, including city, county, and state, and social security number, if any;(3)  a space for indicating the type of document tendered by each party as proof of age and identity;(4)  printed boxes for each party to check "true" or "false" in response to the following statement:  "The other party is not related to me as:(A)  an ancestor or descendant, by blood or adoption;(B)  a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;(C)  a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;(D)  a son or daughter of a brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption;(E)  a current or former stepchild or stepparent; or(F)  a son or daughter of a parent's brother or sister, of the whole or half blood or by adoption.";(5)  a printed declaration and oath reading:  "I SOLEMNLY SWEAR (OR AFFIRM) THAT WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, ARE MARRIED TO EACH OTHER BY VIRTUE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS:  ON OR ABOUT (DATE) WE AGREED TO BE MARRIED, AND AFTER THAT DATE WE LIVED TOGETHER AS HUSBAND AND WIFE AND IN THIS STATE WE REPRESENTED TO OTHERS THAT WE WERE MARRIED.  SINCE THE DATE OF MARRIAGE TO THE OTHER PARTY I HAVE NOT BEEN MARRIED TO ANY OTHER PERSON.  THIS DECLARATION IS TRUE AND THE INFORMATION IN IT WHICH I HAVE GIVEN IS CORRECT.";(6)  spaces immediately below the printed declaration and oath for the parties' signatures; and(7)  a certificate of the county clerk that the parties made the declaration and oath and the place and date it was made.(c)  Repealed by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1362, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1362, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4.13, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Fam Code § 2.403 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter E. Marriage Without Formalities|Section 2.403. Proof of Identity and Age; Offense

Sec. 2.403.  PROOF OF IDENTITY AND AGE; OFFENSE.  (a)  The county clerk shall require proof of the identity and age of each party to the declaration of informal marriage to be established by a document listed in Section 2.005(b).(b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false, fraudulent, or otherwise inaccurate proof of the person's identity or age under this section.  An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4.14, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (H.B. 3666), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Fam Code § 2.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter E. Marriage Without Formalities|Section 2.404. Recording of Certificate or Declaration of Informal Marriage

Sec. 2.404.  RECORDING OF CERTIFICATE OR DECLARATION OF INFORMAL MARRIAGE.  (a)  The county clerk shall:(1)  determine that all necessary information is recorded on the declaration of informal marriage form and that all necessary documents are submitted to the clerk;(2)  administer the oath to each party to the declaration;(3)  have each party sign the declaration in the clerk's presence;  and(4)  execute the clerk's certificate to the declaration.(a-1)  On the proper execution of the declaration, the clerk may:(1)  prepare a certificate of informal marriage;(2)  enter on the certificate the names of the persons declaring their informal marriage and the date the certificate or declaration is issued; and(3)  record the time at which the certificate or declaration is issued.(b)  The county clerk may not certify the declaration or issue or record the certificate of informal marriage or declaration if:(1)  either party fails to supply any information or provide any document required by this subchapter;(2)  either party is under 18 years of age; or(3)  either party checks "false" in response to the statement of relationship to the other party.(c)  On execution of the declaration, the county clerk shall record the declaration or certificate of informal marriage, deliver the original of the declaration to the parties, deliver the original of the certificate of informal marriage to the parties, if a certificate was prepared, and send a copy of the declaration of informal marriage to the bureau of vital statistics.(d)  An executed declaration or a certificate of informal marriage recorded as provided in this section is prima facie evidence of the marriage of the parties.(e)  At the time the parties sign the declaration, the clerk shall distribute to each party printed materials about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).  The clerk shall note on the declaration that the distribution was made.  The materials shall be prepared and provided to the clerk by the Texas Department of Health and shall be designed to inform the parties about:(1)  the incidence and mode of transmission of AIDS and HIV;(2)  the local availability of medical procedures, including voluntary testing, designed to show or help show whether a person has AIDS or HIV infection, antibodies to HIV, or infection with any other probable causative agent of AIDS;  and(3)  available and appropriate counseling services regarding AIDS and HIV infection.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1362, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (H.B. 3666), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 978 (H.B. 3666), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Fam Code § 2.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter E. Marriage Without Formalities|Section 2.405. Violation by County Clerk; Penalty

Sec. 2.405.  VIOLATION BY COUNTY CLERK;  PENALTY.  A county clerk or deputy county clerk who violates this subchapter commits an offense.  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $500.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 2.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter F. Rights and Duties of Spouses|Section 2.501. Duty to Support

Sec. 2.501.  DUTY TO SUPPORT.  (a)  Each spouse has the duty to support the other spouse.(b)  A spouse who fails to discharge the duty of support is liable to any person who provides necessaries to the spouse to whom support is owed.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 2.601 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter G. Freedom of Religion With Respect to Recognizing or Performing Certain Marriages|Section 2.601. Rights of Certain Religious Organizations

Sec. 2.601.  RIGHTS OF CERTAIN RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.  A religious organization, an organization supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, an individual employed by a religious organization while acting in the scope of that employment, or a clergy or minister may not be required to solemnize any marriage or provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges for a purpose related to the solemnization, formation, or celebration of any marriage if the action would cause the organization or individual to violate a sincerely held religious belief.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 2.602 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle A - Marriage|Chapter 2 - The Marriage Relationship|Subchapter G. Freedom of Religion With Respect to Recognizing or Performing Certain Marriages|Section 2.602. Discrimination Against Religious Organization Prohibited

Sec. 2.602.  DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION PROHIBITED.  A refusal to provide services, accommodations, facilities, goods, or privileges under Section 2.601 is not the basis for a civil or criminal cause of action or any other action by this state or a political subdivision of this state to penalize or withhold benefits or privileges, including tax exemptions or governmental contracts, grants, or licenses, from any protected organization or individual.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 434 (S.B. 2065), Sec. 1, eff. June 11, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 3.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.001. Separate Property

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.|
TX Fam Code § 3.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.002. Community Property

Sec. 3.002.  COMMUNITY PROPERTY.  Community property consists of the property, other than separate property, acquired by either spouse during marriage.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.003. Presumption of Community Property

Sec. 3.003.  PRESUMPTION OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY.  (a)  Property possessed by either spouse during or on dissolution of marriage is presumed to be community property.(b)  The degree of proof necessary to establish that property is separate property is clear and convincing evidence.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.004. Recordation of Separate Property

Sec. 3.004.  RECORDATION OF SEPARATE PROPERTY.  (a)  A subscribed and acknowledged schedule of a spouse's separate property may be recorded in the deed records of the county in which the parties, or one of them, reside and in the county or counties in which the real property is located.(b)  A schedule of a spouse's separate real property is not constructive notice to a good faith purchaser for value or a creditor without actual notice unless the instrument is acknowledged and recorded in the deed records of the county in which the real property is located.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.005. Gifts Between Spouses

Sec. 3.005.  GIFTS BETWEEN SPOUSES.  If one spouse makes a gift of property to the other spouse, the gift is presumed to include all the income and property that may arise from that property.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.006. Proportional Ownership of Property by Marital Estates

Sec. 3.006.  PROPORTIONAL OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY BY MARITAL ESTATES.  If the community estate of the spouses and the separate estate of a spouse have an ownership interest in property, the respective ownership interests of the marital estates are determined by the rule of inception of title.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 838, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 3.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.007. Property Interest in Certain Employee Benefits

Sec. 3.007.  PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.  (a)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2009.(b)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2009.(c)  The separate property interest of a spouse in a defined contribution retirement plan may be traced using the tracing and characterization principles that apply to a nonretirement asset.(d)  A spouse who is a participant in an employer-provided stock option plan or an employer-provided restricted stock plan has a separate property interest in the options or restricted stock granted to the spouse under the plan as follows:(1)  if the option or stock was granted to the spouse before marriage but required continued employment during marriage before the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed, the spouse's separate property interest is equal to the fraction of the option or restricted stock in which:(A)  the numerator is the sum of:(i)  the period from the date the option or stock was granted until the date of marriage; and(ii)  if the option or stock also required continued employment following the date of dissolution of the marriage before the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed, the period from the date of dissolution of the marriage until the date the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed; and(B)  the denominator is the period from the date the option or stock was granted until the date the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed; and(2)  if the option or stock was granted to the spouse during the marriage but required continued employment following the date of dissolution of the marriage before the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed, the spouse's separate property interest is equal to the fraction of the option or restricted stock in which:(A)  the numerator is the period from the date of dissolution of the marriage until the date the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed; and(B)  the denominator is the period from the date the option or stock was granted until the date the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed.(e)  The computation described by Subsection (d) applies to each component of the benefit requiring varying periods of employment before the grant could be exercised or the restriction removed.(f)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2009.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 490 (H.B. 410), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 11(1), eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Fam Code § 3.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter A. General Rules for Separate and Community Property|Section 3.008. Property Interest in Certain Insurance Proceeds

Sec. 3.008.  PROPERTY INTEREST IN CERTAIN INSURANCE PROCEEDS.  (a)  Insurance proceeds paid or payable that arise from a casualty loss to property during marriage are characterized in the same manner as the property to which the claim is attributable.(b)  If a person becomes disabled or is injured, any disability insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is community property to the extent it is intended to replace earnings lost while the disabled or injured person is married.  To the extent that any insurance payment or workers' compensation payment is intended to replace earnings while the disabled or injured person is not married, the recovery is the separate property of the disabled or injured spouse.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 490 (H.B. 410), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Fam Code § 3.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter B. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property|Section 3.101. Managing Separate Property

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.|
TX Fam Code § 3.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter B. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property|Section 3.102. Managing Community Property

Sec. 3.102.  MANAGING COMMUNITY PROPERTY.  (a)  During marriage, each spouse has the sole management, control, and disposition of the community property that the spouse would have owned if single, including:(1)  personal earnings;(2)  revenue from separate property;(3)  recoveries for personal injuries;  and(4)  the increase and mutations of, and the revenue from, all property subject to the spouse's sole management, control, and disposition.(b)  If community property subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of one spouse is mixed or combined with community property subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of the other spouse, then the mixed or combined community property is subject to the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses, unless the spouses provide otherwise by power of attorney in writing or other agreement.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (a), community property is subject to the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses unless the spouses provide otherwise by power of attorney in writing or other agreement.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter B. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property|Section 3.103. Managing Earnings of Minor

Sec. 3.103.  MANAGING EARNINGS OF MINOR.  Except as provided by Section 264.0111, during the marriage of the parents of an unemancipated minor for whom a managing conservator has not been appointed, the earnings of the minor are subject to the joint management, control, and disposition of the parents of the minor, unless otherwise provided by agreement of the parents or by judicial order.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 964, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Fam Code § 3.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter B. Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property|Section 3.104. Protection of Third Persons

Sec. 3.104.  PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSONS.  (a)  During marriage, property is presumed to be subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of a spouse if it is held in that spouse's name, as shown by muniment, contract, deposit of funds, or other evidence of ownership, or if it is in that spouse's possession and is not subject to such evidence of ownership.(b)  A third person dealing with a spouse is entitled to rely, as against the other spouse or anyone claiming from that spouse, on that spouse's authority to deal with the property if:(1)  the property is presumed to be subject to the sole management, control, and disposition of the spouse;  and(2)  the person dealing with the spouse:(A)  is not a party to a fraud on the other spouse or another person;  and(B)  does not have actual or constructive notice of the spouse's lack of authority.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|
TX Fam Code § 3.201 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 1 - The Marriage Relationship|Subtitle B - Property Rights and Liabilities|Chapter 3 - Marital Property Rights and Liabilities|Subchapter C. Marital Property Liabilities|Section 3.201. Spousal Liability

Sec. 3.201.  SPOUSAL LIABILITY.  (a)  A person is personally liable for the acts of the person's spouse only if:(1)  the spouse acts as an agent for the person;  or(2)  the spouse incurs a debt for necessaries as provided by Subchapter F, Chapter 2.(b)  Except as provided by this subchapter, community property is not subject to a liability that arises from an act of a spouse.(c)  A spouse does not act as an agent for the other spouse solely because of the marriage relationship.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 7, Sec. 1, eff. April 17, 1997.|