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Where does Texas law stand on inherited property and divorce?

As a general rule, inherited property is an remains a person's separate property, not part of the marital property. If a divorce should happen, it will remain the property of that one person. However, there is a HUGE range between as a general rule and in your particular circumstances which is why we hire lawyers and accountants to advise us. There are many things a person might do that would convert that separate property to community property, such as use money from my paycheck (my paycheck is a community asset) to repair the roof on the house I inherited from my dear aunt Edna. Exactly how that would work out will be for those professionals to advise, but it clearly will change the status of my inheritance as my separate property. If you have substantial inherited property, it would be very wise to spend a little money with one of those professionals, so that if you do end up mixing the assets, you will know what you have done, and choose to do it.

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