The court values
marital assets at the time of trial or the date of entry of the divorce judgment.
Not exact matches
No matter which state they reside, same - sex married couples are now able to take advantage of the unlimited estate tax
marital deduction
at death to pass
assets to a surviving spouse without incurring federal estate taxes.
The QTIP trust (Qualified Terminal Interest Property trust) is designed to allow a decedent «control beyond the grave» of their
assets without surrendering control of those
assets to their surviving spouse - and
at the same time allowing for the estate to take advantage of the
marital deduction for the
assets used to fund the QTIP.
If you have questions about pension division, 401 (k) division or any other aspect of
marital asset division, talk with our seasoned divorce attorneys
at Magner, Hueneke & Borda, LLP.
Therefore, the family court must find the allegedly
at fault party engaged in willful misconduct, bad faith, intentional dissipation of
marital assets, or the like before it may alter the equitable distribution of
marital property based on economic misconduct.
However, when the parties have substantial liquid
marital assets, the family court has [in my limited experience] almost always allowed the primary wage earner access to
at least 10 % of the liquid
marital assets to fund the litigation.
When this happens,
marital assets are
at stake, as well as future earning potential.
We work with some of the best valuation professionals to arrive
at the correct value of the business and ensure that your rights with respect to
marital assets and property are always protected.
Wife, a former successful international banking and finance lawyer
at a major law firm, claimed that during the marriage, husband, also a successful lawyer, hid
marital assets worth millions of dollars.
The death benefit from a life insurance policy is usually untaxed because the
assets left behind by the deceased seldom exceed federal estate tax exemption, currently set
at $ 11.2 - 22.4 million, depending on the deceased
marital status.
To speak to an experienced family law attorney about divorce and / or the division of your
marital assets and debts, email us
at [email protected], call (818) 348-6700, or fill out a case evaluation form.
Nevada is a no - fault state, it really doesn't matter whether either party to a divorce in Nevada cheated or not; the court doesn't take it into consideration
at all when it comes time to divide
marital assets.
When there are insufficient offsetting
assets to permit the custodial parent remaining in the
marital home, the Court generally takes the view that the
marital home must be sold
at a time when it is least detrimental to the best interest of the children.
In todays episode we discuss the applicability of the Minnesota Uniform Fraudulent Transfers Act to
marital dissolution proceedings and explore how and when a court might look
at how the division of
assets and debts might appear to be an attempt to...
Any issues between the spouses regarding
marital assets, debts, and child custody are resolved
at a Separate Maintenance Hearing, and the judge will grant Separate Maintenance.
At worst, the entire
asset may become
marital property if you can't trace its original value and the
marital money that contributed to the current balance.
Various factors are taken into consideration when distributing
assets including the incomes of the parties prior to and
at the beginning of the divorce, duration of the marriage, need to occupy the
marital home, loss of inheritance or pension rights, maintenance awards, future financial circumstances of each spouse, tax consequences, dissipation of
assets, contributions as a non-wage earner to the income of the spouse and home, and the character of the property itself.
In the divorce process an actuary may be called upon to calculate the current
assets of
marital property and project what the worth would be
at some future date, the enduring period if equally split, or financial result of dividing current
assets.
This can involve unique strategies to deal with child custody issues such a parental alienation, or financial issues involving businesses and valuations, and determining
assets and liabilities that should be included in a
marital allocation
at divorce.
In making an equitable apportionment of
marital property, the family court must give weight in such proportion as it finds appropriate to all of the following factors: (1) the duration of the marriage along with the ages of the parties
at the time of the marriage and
at the time of the divorce; (2)
marital misconduct or fault of either or both parties, if the misconduct affects or has affected the economic circumstances of the parties or contributed to the breakup of the marriage; (3) the value of the
marital property and the contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, preservation, depreciation, or appreciation in value of the
marital property, including the contribution of the spouse as homemaker; (4) the income of each spouse, the earning potential of each spouse, and the opportunity for future acquisition of capital
assets; (5) the health, both physical and emotional, of each spouse; (6) either spouse's need for additional training or education in order to achieve that spouse's income potential; (7) the non
marital property of each spouse; (8) the existence or nonexistence of vested retirement benefits for each or either spouse; (9) whether separate maintenance or alimony has been awarded; (10) the desirability of awarding the family home as part of equitable distribution or the right to live therein for reasonable periods to the spouse having custody of any children; (11) the tax consequences to each or either party as a result of equitable apportionment; (12) the existence and extent of any prior support obligations; (13) liens and any other encumbrances upon the
marital property and any other existing debts; (14) child custody arrangements and obligations
at the time of the entry of the order; and (15) such other relevant factors as the trial court shall expressly enumerate in its order.
In some cases, this decision is based on the understanding that in most states, premarital
assets, if kept separate from
marital property, remain separate property and are not subject to distribution
at the time of divorce.
A legal principle followed by most states, in which
marital property, (
assets, earnings, debt and obligations) acquired during marriage are divided
at divorce.