The truth is that in Texas (a community property state) both parties to a divorce are likely getting their fees from the community estate.
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‘Til death do us part, or until I sue you.
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On July 8, 2009, the Tyler Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment for monetary damages in favor of one spouse against the other. In Colvin v. Colvin, the husband sued his wife for personal injury damages caused by his wife in an automobile collision. Under the facts presented, wife was the driver of a car and the husband was the passenger. Wife and a third party were in a collision, third party sued wife, and then husband intervened in the lawsuit and sued third party and wife (husband and wife were married at the time and are still so).
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