Featuring Houston, TX divorce attorney Duana Boswell-Loechel | 832-919-6595

Under Texas family law, what is considered to be community property?

Duana Boswell-Loechel is the founder of Boswell Law Firm, PLLC, based in Houston, TX. She has more than 15 years of legal experience, and she is one of few Texas attorneys to be board-certified in family law.

In this interview, she clarifies what counts as community property and what doesn’t, including debt, retirement benefits, and more.

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00:00 - Intro
0:38 - What’s the difference between separate property and community property in Texas?
1:18 - How is community property divided?
1:50 - How does fault (abandonments, adultery, fraud) affect how that's divided?
2:20 - If one spouse owns the residence and it's in their name only, the title is in their name, does the other spouse have a claim potentially on that property?
3:06 - Are retirement benefits community property? How are those divided?
3:35 - What about retirement benefits that were accrued before the marriage?
4:14 - Are debts or liabilities considered community property?
4:58 - Are all debts treated the same whether it's unsecured debt like a credit card or secured debt like student loans?
5:34 - What’s the most important thing people need to understand about community property and divorce?
6:23 - What about if one spouse is trying to hide some assets (i.e. cryptocurrency) from the other spouse? Can an attorney uncover those?

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