A Focused Approach To Divorce And Family Law
People often focus on their most valuable, sizable assets when they are dividing property during a divorce. They think about their home, cars, boats and their businesses. However, other properties can be surprisingly valuable, triggering contentious disputes. Do you...
For many people, comfort in their later years depends on their retirement savings and benefits. However, the divorce process can be cause for concern. What will happen to your retirement savings in divorce? Will you still have enough to retire in the way you intended?...
An important — and often controversial — part of any divorce is the division of marital property. In our state, the division of the marital estate between the parties must be equitable, meaning based on fairness under the circumstances. Of course, no fair division is...
Divorce is always a complicated affair, but when there is a family business involved, even more complex issues can arise. Both parties to such a divorce have significant property and other interests related to the value and operation of the business that must be...
During marriage, assigning different roles and responsibilities to each spouse makes sense. Sometimes there is an obvious reason for deciding which spouse handles certain matters, but other times spouses naturally fall into a rhythm for managing household...
In Nebraska divorce, the judge divides debt between divorcing spouses as part of the overall division of the marital estate using a standard of equity and fairness. Nebraska law says that property division must be reasonable and equitable, considering five factors....
Today we pick up on the topic of division of property in Nebraska divorce. The legal standard for property division is equitable division, meaning if the parties cannot come to an agreement about how to divide their marital property, the judge must make a division...
We will be taking a deeper dive into complex issues that arise when a judge divides marital property in a Nebraska divorce. Let’s first look at the general rules. Reasonable, fair and equitable property division Nebraska’s property division statute directs that...
In a high net worth divorce, the importance of obtaining accurate, expert valuations of expensive assets with high values cannot be overemphasized so that when it comes time to divide those assets, the division can be truly equitable. Equitable division of a...
Be prepared to provide your divorce attorney with documentation of your real estate holdings, substantial personal property, other assets, debts and financial information as well as those of your soon-to-be-ex, if possible. This includes assets and debts that are...