Tex. Family Code § 4.204
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 4.204, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 4.204. MANAGEMENT OF CONVERTED PROPERTY.
Official statutory text
Except as specified in the agreement to convert the property and as provided by Subchapter B, Chapter 3, and other law, property converted to community property under this subchapter is subject to:
(1) the sole management, control, and disposition of the spouse in whose name the property is held;
(2) the sole management, control, and disposition of the spouse who transferred the property if the property is not subject to evidence of ownership;
(3) the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses if the property is held in the name of both spouses; or
(4) the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses if the property is not subject to evidence of ownership and was owned by both spouses before the property was converted to community property.
(1) the sole management, control, and disposition of the spouse in whose name the property is held;
(2) the sole management, control, and disposition of the spouse who transferred the property if the property is not subject to evidence of ownership;
(3) the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses if the property is held in the name of both spouses; or
(4) the joint management, control, and disposition of the spouses if the property is not subject to evidence of ownership and was owned by both spouses before the property was converted to community property.
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