Please note that the following is not intended to be legal advice and should not take the place of representation by an attorney. You should contact an attorney to discuss the specifics of your situation.

A pre-marital agreement can be used in Texas to address the rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property that is acquired during the marriage. The agreement is a contract that can change the presumptions about community and separate property and gives the parties the freedom to arrange their marital property and property rights as they desire, not as governed by the Texas Family Code. The most significant limitation to a pre-marital agreement, is that it may not adversely affect child support. Parties may also contractually change the character of their property after the marriage with a marital property agreement that partitions and exchanges between themselves all or part of their community property.