If the gift was given during the marriage and it was intended in the true sense of the word to be a gift, as in there are no strings attached and there is no contribution consideration or anything like that, then it doesn’t matter who gave the gift. All that matters is the fact that it is a gift.
Sean Sullivan is a family lawyer practicing in the Elmhurst, Illinois area at the law offices of Laura M Urbik Kern, specializing in child custody and dissolution in divorce. Visit his website, www.laurakern.com, and Divorce Magazine profile.
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