Married persons may have property deemed to be their own separate property, and not
community property or jointly held property with a spouse. Separate property is that
property owned prior to marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, bequest, devise,
decent (by Will or inheritance), or by an award of personal injury damages. The rents
and profits from separate property are also separate property. The effect of such is that
separate property is not subject to division or adjudication by the court upon divorce as
is community or jointly held property, although separate property can be a source of
support ordered for a spouse or child.