Sec. 3.401.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:
(1)  "Benefited estate" means a marital estate that receives a benefit from another marital estate.
(2)  "Conferring estate" means a marital estate that confers a benefit on another marital estate.
(3)  Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768, Sec. 11(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
(4)  "Marital estate" means one of three estates:
(A)  the community property owned by the spouses together and referred to as the community marital estate;
(B)  the separate property owned individually by the husband and referred to as a separate marital estate;  or
(C)  the separate property owned individually by the wife, also referred to as a separate marital estate.
(5)  "Spouse" means a husband, who is a man, or a wife, who is a woman.  A member of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between persons of the same sex is not a spouse.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 692, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 838, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (S.B. 866), Sec. 11(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 411 (H.B. 1547), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.