Transmutation
The legal conversion of separate property to marital property or vice versa, typically requiring clear intent by the owner.
Example
Adding her husband's name to her premarital home title constituted transmutation to marital property.
Jurisdiction Variations
CALIFORNIA
Transmutation (requires writing under Family Code §852)
California requires transmutations to be in writing; oral transmutations are invalid
Related Terms
separate-propertymarital-propertycommingling