In some divorce cases, the marital estate is large because the spouses are financially successful professionals. Other times, the duration of the marriage is a key contributing factor to the overall size of the marital estate. Gray divorces involve couples in their...
You are going through a high-asset divorce, and you own far more assets than your spouse. Maybe you brought many of those assets with you to the marriage, such as savings, investments or business ownership. Maybe you received a substantial inheritance from your...
As you and your spouse move through a divorce, you know that you will have to divide the assets that you own. You may be business owners, you may have real estate like a family home or a vacation home, and you may have to split up millions of dollars worth of income,...
In some high-asset separations, the question isn’t just who lives where, but when to make changes to shared property and lifestyle arrangements. Birdnesting offers a temporary structure where both individuals rotate in and out of the primary home, rather than...
Couples who have a family-based business have often spent considerable time and money building the company. It may be a source of pride for them, but it may quickly become a source of contention if they decide to divorce. When business owners divorce, they have to...
Couples sometimes grow apart over time after marrying or experience sudden events that damage their relationship. In either scenario, it may be impossible to continue sharing lives with one another. Many couples choose to divorce when circumstances damage their...
Anyone who’s going through a divorce has several things that they have to consider. One of these is what’s going to happen to the marital estate. While many people automatically think about the marital assets, they may not realize that all marital debts also have to...
Every day, people in California decide to file for divorce. The courts see countless dissolution cases that may relate to infidelity or spousal abuse. Frequently, one spouse chooses to file because the other did something that violated their marital vows or caused...
Commingling of assets in marriage occurs when separate property belonging to one spouse becomes mixed with marital property owned jointly by both spouses. This mixing can happen when separate funds are deposited into joint accounts, when marital funds are used to...
There are many benefits to funding a 401(k). People can establish a sizable nest egg to augment pensions and other retirement benefits. They can also diminish their taxable income for the year. Many employers also make matching contributions to 401(k)s, helping people...
