Marital Assets, Family Businesses, Spouses

Massachusetts Appeals Court Sheds Light on Double-Dipping in Trethewey v. Trethewey Divorce Settlement

Conn Kavanaugh on 5/10/2024

While it is standard practice that an asset will be valued and divided in a divorce, what happens when the same asset that was divided between spouses is also used to generate income for support? In such divorce cases, a...more

Prenuptial Agreement Series (Part 1): Do I Need a Prenup?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 12/12/2023

A prenuptial agreement, or “prenup”, is a contract or agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation and advance of marriage. A common misconception is that prenups are only needed if you are a celebrity or have...more

Texas Community Property Law and How to Plan Around it

Gray Reed on 4/6/2021

Jack Bux and his high school sweetheart, Diane, have been married a few years, but the pandemic has taken its toll on their relationship, and they could soon be parting ways....more

Gavel to Gavel: Marriage, the sole cause of divorce

McAfee & Taft on 4/12/2018

Spring brings weddings. Cue delightful melodies as couples waltz toward union. Most engaged couples, however, focus on selection of dresses, tuxes or cake, and ignore that marriage imposes statutory and constitutional...more

Using Prenuptial Agreements to Protect the Family Farm

Ruder Ware on 1/16/2018

The family farm is a special asset. The family may have worked hard through decades, maybe even generations, to accumulate and develop the farm’s land, equipment and livestock. The children may be grown and successors to...more

Premarital planning - Protecting your assets without a prenup

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 8/3/2015

Protecting family assets in the event of a divorce is particularly significant for family business owners, who typically want to avoid sharing ownership with their ex-spouses or their children’s ex-spouses. A prenuptial...more