I want to explain what state you are in.

“Connecticut is what’s called an all-property state.

There are very few of them.

What it means is that in a dissolution, a judge here may assign to either party any property belonging to the other — any property — regardless of whose name it’s in, regardless of when it was acquired, regardless of whether it was acquired before the marriage, regardless of whether it was inherited or gifted.

“Any property.