How inheritance and pre-marital assets are dealt with on divorce

If you and your spouse decide to get divorced, what happens to an inheritance you have received or assets you owned before you got married? Experienced Divorce Solicitor Julia Robson explains how divorce and inheritance fit into the financial element of the divorce process.
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Other frequently asked questions covered in this video include; How inheritance is dealt with on divorce? What sort of divorce assets might be referred to as ‘pre-marital’? Is it true that everything you own is split down the middle when you get divorced? What happens when one of the divorcing couple is going to receive a large inheritance in the future? Is an inheritance already received by one person is divided between both parties on divorce? Is it possible to ringfence an inherited or pre-marital asset on divorce?
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:31 Is it a done deal that everything you own is split down the middle when you get divorced?
1:48 What sort of assets might be referred to as ‘pre-marital'?
2:11 Is it fair that an inheritance already received by one person is divided between both parties?
3:37 What happens when one of the divorcing couple is going to receive a large inheritance in the future?
4:34 Is it possible to ringfence an inherited or pre-marital asset?
6:12 What is the best way to approach such a situation if you do press on with a divorce?
6:44 Outro