Legal Question in Family Law in Connecticut

Re: Protecting my assets

Generally speaking, things acquired during the marriage by inheritance are left with the party who inherited it. The appreciation in value is up for grabs (not that he'd necessarily get it), but not the initial value of the item. So it becomes important when you got it, its value then and its value now. As to transferring it to someone else, or an LLC or something, that won't help. Maybe if you transfer now and wait ten years to file for divorce, it might work, but that kind of quick shuffle just before filing is simply ignored by the court. They would pretend you still had the asset and give him an equivalent amount out of some other asset to make up the difference. But remember, if he was such a loser as you said he was, he might not get anything at all.