Separate Property

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Non-marital property remains the undivided separate property of one spouse

Generally, separate property includes property owned before marriage or property that is acquired during the marriage by either gift, inheritance, or bequest to only one spouse.

Sometimes the separate property of one spouse can be transmuted into community property of both spouses through the commingling of assets, particularly the spouses opening joint checking and saving accounts.

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