Jamie Ellis' marital-property source packet

Send the agreement, spouse and deed clues before the file becomes a status debate.

For agents, lenders and attorneys: organize premarital, marital-property, partition, survivorship, deed, lender and title-commitment clues so the right reviewer can answer the right question.

Audience and job

Make an agreement-related file easier to route.

Marital-property and survivorship agreement questions can mix a spouse signature, deed history, recorded instrument, death clue, probate clue, lender condition, title requirement and attorney review. This handoff keeps the sources separated before the file turns into a closing-week debate about property status or authority.

The useful handoff

Name the county, deed, agreement type, spouse or surviving-spouse clue, recording reference, lender condition and title-commitment question you have. The instrument, court file, attorney advice, lender, title commitment and underwriting review still control the file-specific result.

Official sources

Use current agreement, survivorship and county-record sources.

These sources were checked on September 29, 2026. They help frame the agreement packet, but they do not replace court, deed, lender, title, underwriting, probate, family-law, estate-planning or legal review.

Texas Family Code Chapter 4, read September 29, 2026

Separate the agreement clue from the agreement conclusion.

Chapter 4 is the Texas source for premarital and marital-property agreements, including partition, exchange, conversion and recording concepts. Send the agreement, deed, spouse, signature, date and recording clues; do not decide validity, enforceability, creditor effect, homestead effect or title impact.

Read the official source ->
Texas Estates Code Chapter 112, read September 29, 2026

Flag survivorship language without deciding survivorship effect.

Chapter 112 is the Texas source for community-property survivorship agreements. Send the agreement text, spouse names, property description, death clue, revocation clue, court order clue and title-commitment item without deciding whether property passed by survivorship.

Read the official source ->
Collin County Land Recordings, read September 29, 2026

Connect the question to the recorded instrument trail.

Collin County's land-recording page warns that online database results are not the official repository and may not show the complete or unaltered official record. Send document numbers, dates, parties, legal description and source links without treating a search hit as the full title answer.

Read the official source ->
TDI Procedural Rule P-53, read September 29, 2026

Keep the handoff educational and referral-safe.

TDI P-53 permits legal promotional and educational activity that is not conditioned on referral of title-insurance business. This handoff offers public source organization only; it does not discount a title premium or provide a referral benefit.

Read the official source ->
What to send

Give each reviewer the agreement source they can verify.

A marital-property agreement handoff does not need to decide agreement validity, survivorship effect, spouse authority, title coverage, lender approval or underwriting acceptance. It needs enough source context for the right professional to identify the next step.

  1. Property address, county, contract status, target closing date and whether the file involves a premarital agreement, postmarital agreement, partition or exchange agreement, conversion agreement, survivorship agreement, spouse signature, death clue, lender condition or title-commitment requirement
  2. Agreement date, parties, spouse names, property description, recording data, deed history, death evidence, revocation clue, court order clue, title commitment already available and any attorney, lender or underwriter request already received
  3. Names of the owner, spouse, surviving spouse, former spouse, deceased spouse, proposed seller, buyer, attorney, lender, payoff contact, title-contact person and any person whose agreement status or signing role is unclear
  4. Instrument numbers, recording dates, book/page or document references, county, legal description, title-commitment item number, lender-condition clue and public-source URL already found
  5. One practical process question for the title team, lender, estate-planning attorney, family-law attorney, probate attorney, underwriter or county-record source before the file reaches funding or signing pressure
What to avoid

Keep agreement, spouse and title conclusions out of the first note.

  • Do not decide whether a premarital agreement, marital-property agreement, partition agreement, conversion agreement or survivorship agreement is valid, enforceable, revoked or applicable to the property.
  • Do not decide community-property status, separate-property status, creditor effect, homestead effect, spouse management rights, survivorship effect, probate effect, signature authority or whether a spouse may convey.
  • Do not draft agreements, revocations, deeds, affidavits, title objections, lender responses, probate pleadings, marital-property provisions, family-law remedies or attorney legal cures.
  • Do not promise lender approval, funding, title coverage, underwriting acceptance, county-record acceptance, probate timing or a closing date.
TDI safety posture

No rate claim. No referral bargain. No agreement advice.

This public resource is available to anyone on the same terms. It is not conditioned on sending a closing to WG Title and it does not offer a rebate, discount, commission, gift or thing of value for a referral.

Prepared as a courtesy. This document is available to any real estate professional on the same terms and is not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title.

WG Title provides title and escrow services, not legal advice. WG Law is a separate, independently operated company and any relationship with it is governed by its own engagement.

Read TDI Procedural Rule P-53 ->
D1-first conversion path

Send the property and the first agreement question.

This uses the existing closing-readiness form. The page URL, referrer, UTM fields and click IDs stay with the lead record, so the title team can see that the question came from this marital-property agreement source guide.

Do not paste wire instructions, bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, identity-document numbers, full agreement text, death certificate images, private family-history details, payoff credentials, sealed filings or privileged legal advice into this form.

A source, five facts and one clear first question. We will tell you what to gather next.

Educational information only. Available on the same terms to everyone and not conditioned on directing a closing to WG Title. No quote, legal advice, underwriting decision or guaranteed closing date.