> The general rule is that property owned prior to a marriage remains the separate property of that owner. Well, that's one possible rule; it's not the only/un

> The general rule is that property owned prior to a marriage remains the separate property of that owner. Well, that's one possible rule; it's not the only/universal one. (As a traditional ceremony might say, "with all my worldly goods I thee endow". That doesn't sound much like maintaining separate property...)