Marital property is property that is acquired from the date of the marriage to the date an action of divorce is filed or the date an anti nuptial agreement is signed, such as a post nuptial agreement.

Separate property is property that is acquired prior to the date of the marriage, it’s a provable gift, meaning for example if someone gives you $10,000.00 and they write it in a check in your own name and you deposit it in a separate property account, meaning an account that has only your name. Then, that would be your separate property.

And, thirdly, if there is an inheritance provided that the inheritance also remains in your own name and your spouse does not appear on the accounts that hold the inheritance.