§ 802 Post-Divorce Property Exclusion

• •If you get divorced, stuff you bought together during marriage is usually split 50/50.
• •But if you die more than 4 years after the divorce, the stuff you owned at death stays yours alone—it doesn’t automatically go to your ex.
• •This rule only applies if you had the legal papers (title) for the stuff when you died.

A couple divorces in 2020. In 2025, one of them dies owning a house they bought together in 2015.

Since more than 4 years passed since the divorce, the house stays with the person who died—their ex doesn’t automatically get half of it.