Legal Question in Family Law in California
Does property that was inherited need to be split during a divorce in a community state?
Asked on 1/16/15, 2:41 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
It needs to be addressed in the divorce but in California, at least, unless there has been something to commute it to community or quasi-community property (such as making payments for improvements to an inherited house out of marital income), or it has been substantially commingled with community property so as to lose its separate character, it will be accounted for in the divorce as the separate property of the heir.
Answered on 1/16/15, 2:54 pm