Any assets
acquired during the course of a marriage may be eligible for equitable distribution.
And it will tend to care more about immediate needs than about whether assets were
acquired during the course of the marriage, or predate it, or are the result of an inheritance.
In general, any property or assets
acquired during the course of a marriage is considered marital property.
Like other assets, pension may be transferred from one spouse to another in cases of divorce to the extent that part of the pension was
acquired during the course of the marriage.
Not exact matches
For one thing, it's likely more assets will have been
acquired during the
course of a long - term
marriage than
during the
course of a short - term
marriage.
Marital property is any asset
acquired by either spouse
during the
course of the
marriage.
Whilst assets which are
acquired by way
of gift or inheritance from a third party
during the
marriage are generally excluded from the definition
of matrimonial property, if there is a change in nature
of the asset
during the
course of the
marriage, the asset could be converted into matrimonial property.
Those assets
acquired by you
during the
course of your
marriage are characterized as community property.
Marital property is defined as any property obtained
during the
course of the
marriage and does not include inheritances, gifts or assets
acquired after separation.
«Marital property» means all real and personal property
acquired by either spouse or both spouses
during the
course of the
marriage and before the date
of the separation
of the parties, and presently owned, except property determined to be separate property or divisible property in accordance with subdivision (2) or (4)
of this subsection.
«all real and personal property
acquired by a spouse before
marriage or
acquired by a spouse by devise, descent, or gift
during the
course of the
marriage.
However, property
acquired by gift from the other spouse
during the
course of the
marriage shall be considered separate property only if such an intention is stated in the conveyance.
In these states, property
acquired by the couple
during the
course of the
marriage belongs to the spouse who earned it.