Draughon v. Draughon

ARNOLD, Judge.

Defendant contends that the trial court erred in not classifying certain money as separate property pursuant to G.S. 50-20(a) and (b). She submits that the court should have found that during the marriage, she acquired separate property in the sum of $8,983.37 from her mother which was used to help pay the mortgage on the family residence held as tenants by the entirety, but that the sum remained separate property. We do not agree.

Under the Equitable Distribution Act, separate property includes all real and personal property acquired by a spouse by bequest, devise, descent, or…