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Divorce Homeowners Marital Assets

Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.
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The Current Real Estate Market: And We Thought Divorce was Crazy.

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One of the things young lawyers are taught when they begin to practice is that law school offers no training in how to manage client expectations. When clients search for lawyers they typically do so expecting justice and to...more

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Deciding Who Keeps the House in a Divorce

One of the most common questions I am asked when a party files for a divorce is, “Who keeps the house?” There are often many considerations when answering this question. Foremost the spouse who wants to keep the house should...more

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Love it or List it: What to do with the marital home in case of divorce

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Depending on the size of any existing mortgage, the equity in the marital home often represents a significant portion of the marital estate, however illiquid that equity may be. So how do the divorcing parties manage that...more

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Demystifying Myths About Dividing Assets in Divorce: Part 2 – The Treatment of “Personal” Assets

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“What’s mine is . . . yours?”  Welcome back to the long-awaited second part of my series on demystifying myths about asset division in divorce.  I started this incredible year by addressing the most common of...more

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Demystifying Myths about Dividing Assets in Divorce: Part 1 – The Affair

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First of all, to our past, present, and future readers, we want to thank you for reading and wish you all a very Happy New Year! We hope that our articles provide you with some new insight and perspective, as well as the...more

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Holding Onto The House– The Buy or Sell Dilemma in Divorce

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Ah, home sweet home. Home is your happy place where you can rest and unwind. It is the place you selected to start your family and where you and your family make memories. There is justifiably so much sentimental value tied...more

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Selling Your House as Part of a Divorce

Selling your home and the attendant move to a new home are very stressful undertakings. Assuming these challenges while in the midst of the emotional rollercoaster of a divorce complicates the process, and significantly...more

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Inadvertent Transmutation - How What was ‘Mine’ became ‘Ours’

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We frequently represent clients who have engaged in some type of transaction with his or her spouse during the marriage that inadvertently causes them to lose certain rights to property unknowingly. This often happens in the...more

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