Asset Division

Debt can be as consequential to a marital estate as the most significant assets a couple shares. What they owe might lead to years of ongoing payments for both of them before they are truly free from the consequences of their unified financial decisions. Credit card...

During divorces involving significant and complex assets, spouses often transfer them between one another to achieve a fair property division agreement – and to walk away with the assets they most want. For example, maybe your soon-to-be-ex has agreed to give you the...

Selling the family home is not the only option when getting divorced. But for many couples, it is the best choice. Even high-income individuals can struggle to afford the mortgage on a multi-million-dollar house. And selling can be the simplest way of splitting the...

Longer marriages tend to result in more complicated property division proceedings. If you have stayed married for more than a decade, you may own real estate and financial investments together with your spouse while also mutually owing funds on a shared credit card...

Complex assets often lead to difficult divorces. The more property you share with your spouse, the greater the potential for conflict regarding the way that you handle your marital assets. Sometimes, one spouse will set out to deprive the other of their fair share of...

When workers typically stayed with the same company for the majority of their adult lives, employer-sponsored pensions were the gold standard for retirement benefits. However, as it became more common for workers to transfer from business to business throughout their...

Trying to look to the future during a divorce can make the discomfort of the moment more tolerable. Unfortunately, if you don't have a prenuptial agreement with your spouse, it can be hard to reliably predict what will happen during divorce proceedings. The judge...