The court values
matrimonial assets as if sold on the day of the hearing or agreed order, so the costs of sale and the tax payable need to be taken into account.
If the Princess succeeds in getting her case heard in the English courts, she will benefit from the judge taking an equal division of
matrimonial assets as a starting point.
Section 112 of Singapore's Women's Charter empowers the courts to order such division of
matrimonial assets as they deem «just and equitable» and requires the courts to consider a host of specified factors in making that decision.
Not exact matches
A: The
matrimonial home is treated
as a very special
asset when it comes to family law.
In practical terms, if you and your girlfriend split and the relationship meets the common - law requirements (living together for one year in some provinces and
as high
as three years in other provinces) than you or your girlfriend can make a claim that the condo is the
matrimonial home and should be added to the
assets that must be divided in the divorce.
If you are considering divorce and there are significant
assets to be taken into account, such
as property, a business, a pension, an expected inheritance, a large salary or simply money in the bank, you should speak to a family lawyer who specialises in
matrimonial finances immediately.
For more information about premarital and post-marital agreements
as an
asset protection measure during marriage and
as a streamlined approach to key issues in a New York divorce, contact a knowledgeable
matrimonial lawyer at Arroyo Copland & Associates, PLLC in Albany.
Moreover, we are experienced in representing individuals in complex and contentious trust and probate cases,
as well
as handling a host of
matrimonial and family law disputes, including matters involving foreign marriages and the division of high value
matrimonial assets.
There was no co-mingling of
assets that would suggest that the wife's shares should be treated
as matrimonial property, and
as a result the importance of the source of the
assets did not diminish over time.
As a
matrimonial practitioner, I have seen litigants make serious mistakes, particularly when they do not have the protection of a prenuptial agreement or never established an
asset protection trust prior to marriage.
Thus in the
matrimonial context, whether trust
assets are to be treated
as a financial resource of the husband turns on whether, if asked, the trustees would be likely to exercise their powers in his favour (Charman v Charman [2005] EWCA Civ 1606, [2005] All ER (D) 298 (Dec)-RRB-.
A decrease in the value of
assets will also not constitute a Barder event,
as illustrated by Horne v Horne [2009] EWCA Civ 487, [2009] All ER (D) 118 (Jul) in which the husband was to retain the family business and the wife was to retain the
matrimonial home and a lump sum of # 180,000, payable by instalments.
After they married they signed a document providing that all future
assets would be held under a
matrimonial property regime known
as Sociedad de Gananciales.
A Singapore court that grants a judgment of divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage, has the power to order division between the parties of any
matrimonial asset or the sale of any such
asset and the division between the parties of the proceeds of the sale of any such
asset «in such proportions
as the court thinks just and equitable.»
The reasoning was primarily based on the general principles of the 1985 Act that spouses should share only the wealth accumulated by a spouse over the period of the marriage, and in particular, section 10 (4) which defines
matrimonial property
as only
assets which are acquired during the marriage and before the relevant date.
The judge made an order for divorce and dealt with matters such
as where the children would live, sale of the
matrimonial home, and division of
assets, but he expressly made no order with respect to spousal support.
Therefore, pre-marriage, inherited or gifted
assets are not
matrimonial property,
as long
as they remain in the same form throughout the marriage.
In contrast to a civil law marriage contract (common in civil law countries such
as continental Europe, South Africa etc), a pre-nuptial agreement does not elect a «
matrimonial property regime» i.e. a set of rules which govern how
assets are owned and dealt with during the marriage.
The team also works with various high - profile people in the retail, politics, entertainment and sports arenas on matters such
as asset protection in a
matrimonial context, and routinely works with the family team on pre-and-post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.
This bears relevance to Al - Baker v Al - Baker where,
as Antonia rightly asserts, «the great difficulty... lay in the computation of
matrimonial assets», due to the husband's non-disclosure.
For most couples, the
matrimonial home represents the largest
asset they jointly own, and has deep emotional resonance
as the place where a marriage began, the place where children have grown up, and the place where memories are collected.
In general terms
matrimonial property includes all
assets belonging to the parties individually or jointly which was acquired during the period of marriage and held
as at the date of separation, less any debts similarly held by the parties individually or jointly
as at that date, subject to a few exceptions.
However, recent case law has demonstrated that if income is utilised from those trusts, they may rank
as matrimonial assets with the Court being able to direct the trustees to utilise them in divorce settlements.
The ancillary relief proceedings are often fiercely contested
as a judge will rule on who should have what from the
matrimonial assets.
After determining that the wife was entitled to spousal support on the basis that she had contributed to the development of the substantial family
assets, the Court returned its mind to the issue of
matrimonial property and determined that section 9 (3)(a) and (j) of the Matrimonial Property Act granted Alberta courts the discretion to order periodic payments with respect to matrimonial property along the same lines as a maintenance sup
matrimonial property and determined that section 9 (3)(a) and (j) of the
Matrimonial Property Act granted Alberta courts the discretion to order periodic payments with respect to matrimonial property along the same lines as a maintenance sup
Matrimonial Property Act granted Alberta courts the discretion to order periodic payments with respect to
matrimonial property along the same lines as a maintenance sup
matrimonial property along the same lines
as a maintenance support order.
As a result, in recent years, Canadian courts and the legal profession have increasingly been tasked with the challenge of responding to cases where
matrimonial property includes foreign - held
assets which, sometimes, were greater in value in than those
assets held on Canadian soil.
Hello,
as per article on
Matrimonial Property Act exemptions and regarding the following excerpt from the article
as follows:,,,,,, «According to a case called Harrower v. Harrower, if you put those
assets into joint names, there is a presumption that you intend to give half of it to your spouse.
Although this novel approach in Darby had no impact on the husband so long
as he remained in Costa Rica, if a similar order were made against a spouse who resided within Canada and held
assets in a foreign jurisdiction, it could prove to be a powerful tool in ensuring that the other spouse received their fair portion of any
matrimonial assets held outside of the country.
The gray area between in rem orders that affect title to land and in personam orders that enforce rights with regards to land is often too murky to discern,
as outlined above, which brings us to the next option a court has with regards to
matrimonial assets located in a foreign jurisdiction: to defer to the foreign jurisdiction.
The overarching question was whether or not the
assets held in Dragon were to be treated
as financial resources of Mr Charman for the purpose of the
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973).
In England, Wales or Northern Ireland: Any business interests and the value contained in them can generally be taken into account
as one of the «
matrimonial assets» to be divided on divorce or dissolution.