Divorce and Inheritance

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-06-2008
Divorce and Inheritance
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Sat, 09-13-2008 - 6:42pm
I understand that an inheritance is not part of the marital estate unless it has been comingled with marital property/finances.
Community Leader
Registered: 01-03-2004
Sat, 09-13-2008 - 7:02pm

Marie,


No. Comingle is defined as depositing the inheritance in a jointly owned account (checking, IRA, brokeage, etc). The only claim you could make would be perhaps a portion of the dividends from the interest deposited into a joint account. Sorry.