Tex. Family Code § 3.401
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 3.401, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 3.401. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Benefited estate" means a marital estate that receives a benefit from another marital estate.
(2) "Conferring estate" means a marital estate that confers a benefit on another marital estate.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
(4) "Marital estate" means one of three estates:
(A) the community property owned by the spouses together and referred to as the community marital estate;
(B) the separate property owned individually by the husband and referred to as a separate marital estate; or
(C) the separate property owned individually by the wife, also referred to as a separate marital estate.
(5) "Spouse" means a husband, who is a man, or a wife, who is a woman. A member of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between persons of the same sex is not a spouse.
(1) "Benefited estate" means a marital estate that receives a benefit from another marital estate.
(2) "Conferring estate" means a marital estate that confers a benefit on another marital estate.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
(4) "Marital estate" means one of three estates:
(A) the community property owned by the spouses together and referred to as the community marital estate;
(B) the separate property owned individually by the husband and referred to as a separate marital estate; or
(C) the separate property owned individually by the wife, also referred to as a separate marital estate.
(5) "Spouse" means a husband, who is a man, or a wife, who is a woman. A member of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between persons of the same sex is not a spouse.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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