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Property owned before your marriage is generally considered separate property and not divided in a divorce. However, in your particular case, it may be that your parents' gift could be considered a gift to both of you since they allowed her to put her name on the deed.Also, even if the gift were exclusively to you, you probably commingled it by putting that money into a jointly owned house. You could possibly make an equitable argument about it being yours, at least as to the initial payment; however, it's more likely that a judge would rule you had commingled it and thereby let it lose its status as separate property.

You cannot force her out unless you file for divorce and convince the court that you should have exclusive use of the house. This will be based on the living situation being intolerable, and your wife having another place to afford to live.