Once a divorce action is filed, the couple’s financial relationship changes even though the marriage is still intact legally. This has important ramifications for both parties as...
After a divorce, it is common for the marital home to be sold unless one party wants to buy out the other party’s interest in the home, or if the couple has young children and...
When spouses file for divorce, their marital property will be equitably distributed between them with equitable not meaning equal but fair under the circumstances. Generally, it...
Generally, trusts are considered the separate property of the spouse named as beneficiary. However, that is not true if the assets in the trust contain marital property. The...
In a divorce, the laws of equitable distribution distinguish marital property from separate property. Technically, only marital property, that is, property acquired after the...
Most couples come into a marriage with some existing income and assets that may generate tax liability. What responsibility each spouse has for the taxes generated by the other’s...
