An October 2024 opinion held that it was error to reduce the value of a community property house by 8% in the trial court’s property division calculation when the house was not going to be sold. The court in Sloan v. Sloan, No. 02-23-00361-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth 10/17/2024)(mem. op.) held: In the trial […]

Yet another case holds that a refinance of the mortgage during the marriage on a spouse’s separate property house does not change the separate property nature of the asset.  The opinion in Despain v. Despain, 704 S.W.3d 866 (Tex. App. – Austin 2024, pet. __) states: The fact that the parties refinanced the Property with […]