What happens to property owned before marriage depends on your ability to prove that such property is separate. Spouses can utilize several strategies during and before their marriage to keep their assets separate if they later divorce. One common strategy includes creating a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement outlining the divisions of assets in the event of a divorce between the parties or the death of either spouse. Another option is to maintain separate accounts and avoid the commingling of assets, allowing you to more easily track each spouse’s assets and prove what is separate property in the future.