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Can I Protect My Inheritance from Divorce

Can I Protect My Inheritance from Divorce?

Your dad bequeathed you a generous sum of money on his passing. Those gifted and inherited assets, in many instances, will be considered ‘separate property,’ not marital property. That might mean that they might not be subject to division, if you divorce. However, perhaps you want to backstop that hoped-for result to make the protection more likely to stick if your marriage doesn’t work out.

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