divorce

[Lynn Jenkins]

if you are legally separated and one of the parties parents dies, is the other party(spouse) entitled to any of the inheritance state new hampshire

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

if you are legally separated and one of the parties parents dies, is the other party(spouse) entitled to any of the inheritance state new hampshire

My response:

No. Inheritances remain separate property, unless the heir commingles the inheritance with marital assets to the point where "traceability" is impossible or impracticable, or gives any or all of it to the marriage. For example, you receive a $50,000.00 inheritance. Then, you and your spouse go car shopping. You decide, for insurance purposes, to put the title of the car into both names. You've now "gifted" the car to the marriage and it now belongs to both of you. There's no taking the car back and saying, "Well, I bought it with my inheritance". That doesn't matter. What matters is that you put the car in both names. Now, it's "marital property".

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