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the difference between marital and
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non-marital property
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is in essence how and when the property
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was acquired
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it’s significant because the court can
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only divide
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marital property what i tell people to
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think about
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property in three different buckets you
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have the marital bucket
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and you have a wife’s non-marital
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property and a husband’s non-marital
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property
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and so non-marital property is
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properties that come to that person
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prior to the marriage
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and is maintained separate from the
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marriage
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kept in their soul names and handled
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separately
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it is also inclusive of
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direct inheritances that are also kept
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separate and there are some other
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exceptions but those are the general
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uh rules the marital portion the marital
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bucket
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is everything that people start to
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acquire after they say i do
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and that continues to grow until the day
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the judge
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signs the judgment so in that time frame
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the property inquiry during
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that period of time would be considered
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marital with exceptions
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which would be something i’d have to
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talk to somebody about their specifics