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Upon divorce does an apartment inherited by one of the parties during the marriage and which is registered in his/her name only remain their exclusive property – or does the other party have a rightful claim to it ?

By: דיאנה שאלתיאלPublished on: 02 May, 2022

Property received by way of inheritance is an exception to the general rule that property required during the course of the marriage is joint. The party that inherited it would retain exclusive ownership and the other party would have no right to it upon divorce.


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