The easy answer under New Jersey law to that question is “no.”
Indeed, under New Jersey divorce law, if you receive an inheritance during the marriage, that inheritance is something that your spouse does not have a legal claim to in the event of divorce.The way that "Equitable Distribution" of marital property actually ends up happening in many divorce cases in New Jersey is like a scene right out of a 1970's episode of "Saturday Night Live."
As a New Jersey divorce attorney, I am regularly asked the question: "Can I remove money from a joint account at the beginning of our divorce case?"
The way that "Equitable Distribution" of marital property actually ends up happening in many divorce cases in New Jersey is like a scene right out of a 1970's episode of "Saturday Night Live."