Most couples who have decided to end their marriage are concerned about how their marital assets will be divided. For most middle-income couples, their house is their most valuable asset. For wealthy couples, other assets may have value equal to or in excess of the...
In what may be one of the biggest high net worth divorces in the U.S., Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates have decided to end their 27-year marriage. There are many financial implications for their divorce, which could impact them personally as...
Divorce complications may increase with the value of assets, especially if your spouse has a valuable compensation package. It takes more work to understand and address executive compensation in a high asset divorce. Executive compensation packages More than 15...
Property division is a divorce issue that can take center stage if a couple owns many valuable assets. It is important for Floridians to understand the difference between separate and marital property, and the circumstances in which separate property can lose its...
More than one-third of American adults say they routinely hide away money from their romantic partners. The survey, which was commissioned by the online resale company StockX, found that those responding admitted to stashing an average of $2,006 in cash. What led them...
Florida couples who are considering divorce may have high net worth. Especially as couples near retirement, they may see their existing investments, like houses, stocks and the like grow surprisingly large. They may also acquire a wider portfolio of assets as their...
Florida has what are known as equitable distribution laws, which means that marital assets are divided fairly but not necessarily equally in a divorce. When divorcing couples are unable to reach an amicable agreement and these decisions are left up to the court,...
Heading into a divorce, you are likely to have concerns over issues like child custody, child support, spousal support and property division. In some way or another, you probably know that each issue will at some point relate to the almighty dollar. Furthermore,...
If you are a wealthy Fort Myers resident who is divorcing your spouse, the process can be a bit more complicated than if you were not. But that doesn't mean that you still don't have the same core issues to hash out as people of lesser means.Money can be used to...
Many people in Florida who are thinking about getting a divorce probably have more questions than answers when it comes to the legal process. They know that their marriage is at the end of the line, but they don't know much about how the legal case will proceed....
