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Term Definition
Tainting
- in divorce actions, when a nonmarital or separate asset becomes marital property and subject to distribution by commingling or adding the other spouse’s name to the title.
Application in Divorce
Commingling of
spouse
in a joint account -- taints the asset. That gift is now marital property and subject to distribution.
See also
Dual Classification States
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