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CHU v. HONG

No. 06-0127.

249 S.W.3d 441 (2008)

William CHU, Petitioner, v. Chong Hui HONG, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murry B. Cohen, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, J. Stephen Barrick, Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, LLP, Houston, and David F. Farris, Lively, Padfield & Stout, Fort Worth, TX, for Petitioner.

G. Stanley Cramb, Cramb & Marling, LLP, Bedford, TX, for Respondent.

Robert Andrew Simon, Barlow Garsek & Simon, L.L.P., Fort Worth, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice BRISTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A spouse who gives away community property to friends or relatives when divorce is imminent has defrauded the community estate. In such cases, a trial court can order the spouse to return the property or take the fraud into account in making a just-and-right division.

But in this case the trial court did neither. After finding a husband sold community property...

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