Thursday, July 14, 2011

HOW DOES THE COURT DECIDE HOW MARITAL PROPERTY IS DIVIDED?

QUESTION: My soon to be husband and I have both been working and have paid for the jointly-titled property. How will the court decide how to divide it?

MY RESPONSE:

Net community property (i.e., the fair market value of community property less the amount of community debts) is divided 50/50 on divorce.

Unless you and your husband can agree on dividing net community property, you will need to schedule a trial to have the net community property divided, and the Court will divide it as it deems appropriate.

You would best retain an experienced Family Law Attorney to represent you if there is significant value in the net community property, because self-represented parties generally are not sufficiently versed regarding the rules of evidence that apply in trials.

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1 comment:

Sylvia said...

Nice article its very useful.


Sylvia Miller
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