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10/08/11, 1:39 pm

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When a spouse inherits an estate is it consider a marital asset or community property?

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Generally, an inheritance is considered the separate property of the spouse who receives it....

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Douglas A. Crowder

Not just generally - unless a bequest is made to both the husband and wife jointly, it is always the sole and separate p...

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Timothy McCormick

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