[quote=bearishgurl]But you need to know that your “inheritance” belongs to you and only youunless you “commingle” it (i.e. deposit some or all of it in a joint account or use some or all of it as the entire downpayment on real property which is only half owned by you or owned by a marital “community”). Doing this could change the “character” of your inheritance and you may already be aware that CA is a “community-property state.”
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Probably the main reason you shouldn’t be giving legal advice is that you don’t know what you’re talking about. Separate property that is used for a down payment on a home, even if the home is purchased as community property, is reimbursable in a divorce. (See Ca Family §2640) The advice about seeing an attorney is sound.
