Opinion ID: 1855459
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Whether Larry Franks' separate property of $370,000 lost its separate character when it was commingled with marital property.

Text: ¶ 17. Beverly's next assignment of error contends that Larry's separate property of $370,000 (the amount of money that was gifted to him by his father) lost its separate character when it was commingled with marital property. This Court has held that when separate, non-marital property is commingled with marital property the separate property can lose its characterization as such and become marital property subject to equitable distribution. See Johnson v. Johnson, 650 So.2d 1281, 1286 (Miss.1994); Heigle v. Heigle, 654 So.2d 895, 897 (Miss.1995); Maslowski v. Maslowski, 655 So.2d 18, 20 (Miss.1995). However, in the case sub judice, Beverly's assertion of commingling is conditioned on a finding that the income from the investments, the separate property, is, in fact, marital property. Because we find that the income is not marital property Beverly's argument is wholly without merit.