Dividing Everything
Divorce requires understanding everything you have in one or both of your names and then determining what to do with it all moving forward. Learn everything you need to about building a balance sheet and how this analysis works.
Property division is one of the two financial categories addressed in divorce, focusing on the division of assets and liabilities, including real estate, debts, financial accounts, investments, automobiles and personal possessions.
Learn about the legal types of property and how different jurisdictions categorize your assets and liabilities.
Learn about property division law generally and key differences between community property states and equitable division states.
Learn about a balance sheet and how it can help you in the property division analysis.
Walk through various considerations when valuing, dividing or buying out equity in real estate.
Walk through various considerations when valuing and dividing or buying out bank accounts or other cash equivalents.
Walk through various considerations when valuing and dividing or buying out investment accounts.
Walk through various considerations when valuing and dividing or buying out employer incentives, like bonuses or stock options.
Walk through various considerations when valuing and dividing or buying out retirement.
Learn about the different types of life insurance and how it is handled in property division in divorce.
Learn about business interests, focusing on complex valuation techniques and the various options for handling business interests in divorce.
Learn about challenges valuing personal property, like cars, household goods, pets, and frequent flier miles, and how they can be addressed in divorce.
Learn about various types of debts and liabilities; how to value them and how they can be addressed in divorce.
Learn about the types of children's accounts, their treatment in divorce, and the options for division to continue to support children and protect assets for their benefit.
What is the difference between marital and separate property?
How are assets divided in community property states versus equitable distribution states?
How do we value and address our home?
How are retirement accounts and pensions divided?
What should I know about dividing debts, like credit cards or loans?
