Watching years of retirement savings become a bargaining chip in your divorce can feel overwhelming. Tax penalties and long-term financial loss can feel like they are hanging over every decision. Retirement accounts are often one of the most fought-over assets in a...
In Florida's luxurious communities, high net worth divorces often involve intricate financial matters. When infidelity enters the picture, it adds another dimension to asset division. Many wealthy individuals wonder how their or their spouse's unfaithfulness might...
During your marriage, you and your spouse may have invested in several expensive art pieces and other collectibles. If you are getting a divorce, it can be difficult to determine who should keep which items. Art pieces can be highly valued for emotional reasons, as...
Florida law calls for divorcing couples to divide their marital property equitably, meaning in a way that meets standards of fairness under state law. This process is known as property division, and it's often the most technically difficult aspect of a divorce. And,...
When a married couple divorces in Florida, one of the first steps of the property division process is to divide any separate property from the marital property. Next, the spouses must divide the marital property under state law. For the most part, there are just these...
When Floridians get divorced, property division is a common problem. For people who have been lucky enough to have a successful life, a high-asset divorce is even more complicated. The law says that property will be equitably distributed. Since it strives for fairness...
In some Florida divorces, both sides agree on the need to part ways and are able to amicably negotiate the issues. Other cases, however, are more contentious and the sides are unable or unwilling to negotiate and agree on various matters. With a contested dissolution,...
Anyone in Florida who is contemplating a divorce or who is at the beginning stages of a divorce has probably heard the term, "equitable distribution," when it comes to the property division part of the case. The legalese-sounding term may seem straightforward enough,...
Couples in Florida may spend years or even decades accumulating various assets, such as a house, automobiles, electronics, artwork and other valuable pieces of property. So, should the couple divorce, the issue of property division can be a sticking point for many...
Bidding adieu to artwork can be one of the most devastating aspects of divorce for some couples. Some pieces you might have collected on your travels, while others you might have received as a gift for one of your anniversaries. These pieces are likely special to both...