Dear Rusty:
Greetings. When you receive a gift from someone other than your spouse during the marriage, that gift is separate property. However, when you take that gift and invest it into jointly titled property, it becomes a gift to the marriage. It is still a distributional factor though that your separate property was gifted to the marriage. Best of luck.
Janet L. Fritts
Attorney with Rosen Divorce
4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
RosenDivorce.com
919-787-6668
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