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Committee advances bill to credit marital funds used to improve premarital property in property division
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 18, 2019
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Summary
Senators passed S.B. 547 after the sponsor said the bill gives courts a way to consider marital funds used to improve property brought into a marriage; members debated how the change differs from current practice but no opposition appeared on the record.
The Judiciary Committee passed S.B. 547, a bill clarifying that marital funds used to improve property owned prior to marriage should be considered when dividing property during divorce proceedings.
Senator Johnson, presenting the bill, said the measure "gives consideration whenever marital funds were used…
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