El Campo, TX Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

In Texas, all property obtained during the marriage is presumed to be community property. As community property, it is subject to a just and right division. It is likely that a court would award you the camper and boat; however, all the property would be considered and divided in the divorce, including all the property in your wife's possession. Also, after the divorce is filed, you could negotiate the property division without having the court decide. If you can't come to an agreement, the court will make the decisions.

Texas Family code (which is the binding law but no the Texas Constitution) 2.401 provides the elements of proof of an informal marriage. If you agreed to be married, lived together as husband and wife in Texas, and represented to others that you were married, then you are married. If this woman has remarried without divorcing you, her second marriage is invalid. There's a burden of proof here, though - you have to prove each element - the initial agreement to marry and the representing to others that you are married ("holding out") has to be open and public - saying you are married sometimes and other times not might not cut it. And lastly, why would you care.