SEPARATE PROPERTY
\sˈɛpɹət pɹˈɒpəti], \sˈɛpɹət pɹˈɒpəti], \s_ˈɛ_p__ɹ_ə_t p_ɹ_ˈɒ_p_ə_t_i]\
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In community property states, property owned and controlled entirely by one spouse in a marriage. At divorce, separate property is not divided under the state's property division laws, but is kept by the spouse who owns it. Separate property includes all property that a spouse obtained before marriage, through inheritance or as a gift. It also includes any property that is traceable to separate property -- for example, cash from the sale of a vintage car owned by one spouse before marriage-and any property that the spouses agree is separate property. Compare community property and equitable distribution.
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