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12 Est. Plan. & Cmty. Prop. L.J. 437 (2019-2020)
Divorce Destroys the Community: An Examination of the 'Texas Method' Community Property Principles upon Divorce and Its Effect on Informal Marriage

handle is hein.journals/epcplj12 and id is 453 raw text is: DIVORCE DESTROYS THE COMMUNITY: AN EXAMINATION OF THE TEXAS METHOD COMMUNITY PROPERTY PRINCIPLES UPON DIVORCE AND ITS EFFECTS ON INFORMAL MARRIAGE by Avery Rios* I. IN TR O D U C TIO N ................................................................................ 4 3 8 II. O V E R V IE W ....................................................................................... 4 3 9 III. PROPERTY SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES.................................. 440 A. Common Law Property System ................................................. 441 1. E quitable D istribution ........................................................ 44 1 B. Community Property System ..................................................... 443 1. Characterization ofProperty ............................................. 444 IV . THE TEXAS M ETHOD ................................................................... 445 A. Presumption of Community ...................................................... 446 B . C a vea ts ..................................................................................... 4 4 7 C. The Just and Right Standard ................................................ 448 1 . A rg u m en ts .......................................................................... 4 5 1 V. INFORMAL MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIPS............................... 452 A . P utative M arriage..................................................................... 452 B. Com m on Law M arriage............................................................ 454 1 . H isto ry ................................................................................ 4 5 4 C. Informal M arriage in Texas ................................................. 455 1 . A g reem en t .......................................................................... 4 5 6 2 . C oha b ita tion ....................................................................... 4 5 7 3. Holding Out .............................. 459 4. Rebuttable Presumption .................. ...... 460 VI. MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION-HISTORIC AND MILLENNIAL TRENDS.................................................. 461 A. History and Evolvement ofMarriage ............ ...... 461 VII. ARGUMENTS REGARDING COMMON LAW MARRIAGE..... ...... 464 A. Overly Burdensome ............................ 464 1. Burdens on Third Parties .................. ..... 466 B. Administrative and Judicial Efficiency ............ ..... 467 C. Millennials .............................. ...... 468 VIII. CONCLUSION ............................................. 469 * J.D. Candidate, Texas Tech University School of Law, 2021. 437

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