Residence bought with inheritance money

[Sunshine0128]

I'd like to know if I would lose the house my husband and I bought using money I inherited from my Mother's estate if we got divorced? And can he take anything that wasn't his when we first got married?

[Attorney Cheri Hobbs]

The simple answer is that whatever assets are pre-marital (acquired prior to the marriage) or non-marital (inheritance that is not co-mingled or acquired post separation) is not divided 50/50 in Florida.

If you use a gift or inheritance and co-mingle (join it with marital funds in a joint bank account for example) that money then it becomes a marital issue.

If you reside in a premarital or nonmarital residence for some time there is case law that states any equity that accrues during the marriage is marital.