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Tex. Family Code § 3.404

This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 3.404, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.

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§ 3.404. APPLICATION OF INCEPTION OF TITLE RULE; OWNERSHIP INTEREST NOT CREATED.

Official statutory text

(a) This subchapter does not affect the rule of inception of title under which the character of property is determined at the time the right to own or claim the property arises.

(b) A claim for reimbursement under this subchapter does not create an ownership interest in property, but does create a claim against the property of the benefited estate by the conferring estate. The claim matures on dissolution of the marriage or the death of either spouse.

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