Selchert v. Selchert
(1) Property gifted by mother in deposit account is not marital. (2) Court cannot consider contingent interest in property inherited after divorce.
Pfeil v. Pfeil
(1) Military disability benefits are excluded from division. (2) Money in bank account from disability remains excluded, but exemption was lost once it was invested in mortgage note.
Bonnell v. Bonnell
Transfer of inherited property into joint tenancy changes its character and makes such property part of marital estate.
Marriage of Arneson v. Arneson
(1) Income from excluded property is not excluded from marital estate. (2) Property brought into marriage not excluded.
In Re Marriage of Weiss v. Weiss
1) Husband manifested intent to make a gift by the conversion of his separate property into a joint tenancy with Wife. (2) The trial court erred in failing to include or consider as marital property all of the payments due Husband from the sale of his interest in his former law practice and by the failure to give any value to the physical assets of his new law practice.
Marriage of Trattles v. Trattles
(1) Use of gift proceeds to buy household furnishings for family use established donative intent and converts character of gift. (2) Money put into joint accounts become marital.
Marriage of Torgerson v. Torgerson
Where duplex was purchased with inherited funds as down payment and marital funds making mortgage payments, the value in excess of the down payment is marital.
In Re Marriage of Wierman v. Wierman
Gifted property remains separate after sales and exchanges where wife did not exercise control over the property.
In Re Marriage of Schwegler v. Schwegler
(1) Gifted land may be separate from residence built on the land. (2) Amount of appreciation due to general economic conditions accrue to the gift; any amount due to contributions by the non-owning spouse is to be included in the marital estate.
Marriage of Schwartz v. Linders
Court can consider prior inherited status as a reason for dividing estate unequally.