Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

Re: Divorce decree without any f inancial settlement

You asked about inheritance and divorce.

Inheritance is a special animal. Often, an inheritance received during a marriage can even be safe from claim in a divorce so long as the funds are segregated (not intermingled with marital assets).

In your case, the divorce was final and even though there was no financial settlement the inherited money is probably still safe from consideration. Often, a financial settlement does not need to be part of a divorce proceeding. The fact that there was no settlement does not change the fact that the divorce was final, in the worst case a person could go back and seek a settlement based on the assets as they stood at the date of the divorce.

Regards,

Roger

Re: Divorce decree without any f inancial settlement

I agree with the response of the attorney. Once you were divorced that should have extinquished any claim of your ex husband in any inheritance.