Not exact matches
For the
purposes of resolving a
divorce case and serving as a full and comprehensive
settlement, the marital agreement should address every single issue that may exist in that particular
divorce.
In collaborative
divorce, attorneys are retained solely for the
purpose of settlement, and so they are not expending the extra time and resources planning for a court battle.
Generally, the terms
of your separation agreement carry forward into a marital
settlement agreement for
divorce purposes.
If there is no indication in a
divorce final judgment or decision pending final judgment or property
settlement agreement as to who is entitled to claim the children as Dependency Exemptions then automatically the parent with physical placement / physical custody
of the minor children is entitled to claim the child or children for Federal Tax
purposes.
So now you know a bit about the
purpose and usefulness
of the marital
settlement agreement for
divorce or separation.
Melissa and David learned the core
purpose of FairVORCE is to help them negotiate a final
settlement agreement, write it up and go to court for an uncontested
divorce.
By entering into a Collaborative
Divorce participation agreement, lawyers and their clients have thoughtfully agreed to limit the lawyer's role within the contractual relationship to that
of providing representation for
settlement purposes only.
Collaborative
divorce is a private form
of dispute resolution where each spouse hires their own attorney only for the
purposes of helping to negotiate a marital
settlement agreement.
There are many
purposes for an appraisal some
of these are: sale or list price decisions, estate planning, tax or
divorce settlement, tax assessment, refinance and mortgage lending
purposes.