In Pennsylvania divorce cases, property division can be a topic for dispute. This is especially true in high-asset divorce cases. If the couple was fortunate enough to have accrued significant assets through the building of a business, having been from a wealthy...
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Taking steps to protect your business in a divorce
When it comes to divorce, Pennsylvania business owners know how much is at risk during the division of marital assets. Whether the couple are co-owners or if one helped fund the business or contributed in non-financial ways, commingled assets obscure the line between...
Using an appraiser in a high asset Pennsylvania divorce
Divorcing couples face many stressful moments before their marriage is formally dissolved, and one of the most stress moments, especially for high asset couples, is the division of marital assets. Pennsylvania uses the “equitable distribution rule” for dividing these...
What issues take center stage in a gray divorce?
The Pew Research Center reports that since the 1990s divorce among those age 50 and older has boomed. The phenomenon has earned the moniker “gray divorce.” The issues gray divorcees face often differ from those of their younger counterparts, so it is important to...
Commingled property in a high-asset divorce
Property division can be one of the more complex issues to tackle in any divorce and this is particularly true for couples with a high net worth. The assets they hold will tend to be both more varied and more complicated than those of other divorcing couples. When...
Unique issues in high-asset divorce cases
High-asset divorce cases in Pennsylvania can get complex in a hurry. In addition to all of the usual legal issues that can come up in such cases – child custody, child support and alimony, for example – high-asset divorce cases oftentimes need to address complicated...
Spousal support versus alimony pendente lite
Every divorce comes with a host of issues which may be confusing to those who have never before encountered them. Alimony is one of those issues. And while most people are familiar with the concept of alimony, Pennsylvania has two types that you may not have heard of...
What makes a prenuptial agreement unenforceable?
When you are in love and planning to marry it can be easy to be swept up in your emotions as you get ready for your big day. But while planning the wedding is important, so is planning for your post-wedding life. This may include contemplating what will happen if you...
Valuation essential to property division process
One of the most challenging parts of a divorce is determining how to divide up the assets you and your spouse collected over the years. However, the process isn’t always difficult. Some couples are on the same page and can settle their property division issues without...
Why you need to know how to gauge the marital standard of living
In a high-asset divorce, the outcome of an alimony dispute can have tremendous ramifications for your financial wellbeing for a long time to come. Therefore, regardless of which side of the issue you fall on, you need to know how to craft persuasive arguments that...