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    Default Inheritance Before Divorce

    Hello,
    I received $100,000 in inheritance in California and I am married. If I get divorced, is the inheirtance conciderd community property. Thanks.

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    Default Re: Inheritance Before Divorce

    An inheritance is considered to be separate property.
    Quote Quoting California Family Code, Sec. 770.
    (a) Separate property of a married person includes all of the following:
    (1) All property owned by the person before marriage.

    (2) All property acquired by the person after marriage by gift, bequest, devise, or descent.

    (3) The rents, issues, and profits of the property described in this section.
    (b) A married person may, without the consent of the person's spouse, convey the person's separate property.

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    Default Re: Inheritance Before Divorce

    However, in order for it to remain separate property and not be transmuted, you need to maintain it in a separate account with your name only. Do not pay any marital expenses from the account.

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