Community property states — Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin —
typically divide assets equally between spouses.
Michigan is an equitable distribution state, but judges
typically divide assets fairly evenly.
Not exact matches
In securitizations, a series of
assets,
typically ones with well defined payoffs, such as fixed income (bonds and loans) and derivatives of fixed income get placed in a trust, and then the trust gets
divided up into participations of varying riskiness.
Prenuptial agreements
typically describe the procedure by which
assets will be
divided in the event that the couple divorces or when one of the partners passes away.
While a person doesn't have to hire an attorney, it's
typically incredibly beneficial, especially when there are large
assets that need to be
divided between the spouses.