High-Asset Divorce

While there was surely a time when you trusted your spouse implicitly, those days may be long by the time you decide divorce is your best option. Issues of distrust can even expand into the divorce proceedings, if your spouse attempts to hide shared assets. Hiding...

Almost everybody is on some sort of social media these days. Social media is important, because it helps us keep connected with friends and family around the world we may not be able to interact with very much. However, social media has become a rich source of...

The value of your family business could represent a large portion of your marital assets, and it may require a professional appraisal in a divorce proceeding. The determined value could affect what you have a right to own after dissolving your marriage.  Your...

Property division is a complicated matter in most divorces but can be even more so when you have multiple large assets. For example, you may have more than one house or multiple retirement plans to hash out between you and your spouse. One of the most common questions...

Particularly if you are looking at a high-asset divorce, it is important to keep finances in mind. While many people are very concerned with the dollar amounts associated with child support and alimony, the actual price tag attached to divorce can be quite high on its...

When it comes to divorce, there are various factors to consider. Sometimes, people have very difficult divorces, while others are able to end their marriage on relatively good terms. In fact, some people even remain friends with their ex for years after the marriage...

The possibility of divorce is why some couples who own a business together place a buy-sell agreement in their business contract. With a buy-sell agreement, one spouse can buy out the ownership interest of the other. This avoids the possibility that a divorce...

When married to military service members, people have access to the various benefits afforded to their spouses. The state’s property division laws may entitle divorcing spouses to one-half of the assets acquired during their marriages in the event of a divorce....

If you share children with a spouse, you will likely wonder how to take tax breaks that your children may benefit from after the court finalizes your divorce. During your marriage, you may have had little problem understanding how to claim family tax breaks on your...

When working out the terms of a divorce settlement, many couples end up agreeing to share the assets in one spouse's 401K account as part of their property division agreement. It is important, however, that people do not assume that documenting such an agreement in...