New Jersey law
requires equitable division of marital assets and liabilities.
Tennessee law
requires an equitable division of property between two parties in a divorce.
Florida law follows the concept of «Equitable Distribution», which
requires an equitable division of all marital assets and liabilities.
Not exact matches
But they conceive of justice in the sense of equality, in a social sense, as
requiring more
equitable division of consumers» goods.
Sec. 1117 of Title I, Part A,
requires participating
divisions to provide eligible students attending private elementary and secondary schools, their teachers, and their families with Title I services or other benefits that are
equitable to those provided to eligible public school students, their teachers, and their families.
Divisions are
required to engage in timely and meaningful consultation with private school officials during the design and development of their Title II, Part A programs, in order to provide for the
equitable participation of private school teachers and other personnel in Title II, Part A,
equitable services.
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.
A.R.S. Section 25 - 318 (A)
requires a family court to provide an
equitable division of community property (though not necessarily in kind) without regard to marital misconduct.
Hawaii law
requires a
division of property in divorce to be
equitable, meaning that it must be fair but not necessarily equal.
Florida law
requires that the
division of marital property must be «
equitable.»
As an
equitable distribution state, Florida law
requires fair
division of property between formerly married parties, which sounds great.
Massachusetts law
requires an «
equitable»
division of all marital property.
However, Texas is unique in that courts are
required to divide property in a manner that is «just and right» after evaluating several factors — just like
equitable distribution states — meaning spouses might end up with an unequal
division.
Similarly, while Tennessee's property
division statute
requires that marital property be divided «fairly and equitably,» Collaborative Divorce allows the parties also to run particular settlement ideas through the filter of a neutral financial expert, who may have ideas about how to divide the estate in a way that is legally fair and
equitable, but that also minimizes tax liability or maximizes growth on retirement assets, for example.
While many couples are able to reach an agreement that allows one spouse to remain in the home — especially if children are involved — an
equitable division of marital assets may
require the home to be sold and the proceeds distributed between the parties.