Suppose you’ve lived with the love of your life for many years. Suppose during those many years the two of you have purchased property together, made a nice home for yourselves, and accumulated a lot of assets. However, the two of you never decided to get married, but now it’s time to go your separate ways. How do you divide your property?
Tag Archive: Property Division
Lose the Spouse, Sell the House
The easy way out in a divorce is for the two parties to negotiate and agree that the husband will pay certain debts, and the wife will pay certain other debts. The problem is, unless you arrange to have your name removed from joint accounts, you might find yourself responsible for more debt than you bargained for.
How Discovery Can Help Win Your Case
Lawyers use a lot of tools and techniques to build their client’s divorce case, but one of the most useful (and sometimes most feared) is the discovery process. Discovery is so useful that some attorney’s use it as a threat. Find out how discovery can help your case.
Marital Property after Spouses Separate, part 2
Suppose the wife of a wealthy lawyer files for divorce in January, and the couple spends several months negotiating a settlement. Eight months later, they still haven’t got the divorce settled, and the lawyer gets awarded a big fee in a case he’s been working on for several years. When I say “big”, I mean a fee in the amount of $17,000,000. It’s been almost a year since the couple split up, is the wife entitled to some of that money?
Dating while Separated
So what’s the problem? The divorce has been filed. The parties are separated. The kids are spending time with each parent. The divorce is so close you can taste it, why not go ahead get out there, have some fun, and re-enter the dating scene?
Marital Property After Spouses Separate
Is the stuff we purchase after the separation marital property or separate property?
What Documentation do I Need During My Divorce?
This is an example of the documents I’ll need in order to proceed with your divorce (this may change depending on your situation). Gathering some of these may involve a little time and effort on your part,but this is the documentation I need in order to protect your rights and make sure you get the settlement you deserve.
Khloe and Lamar Reach Prenuptial Agreement
The subject of prenuptial (also called an antenuptial) agreeements certainly make for good entertainment in sitcoms and tablids. While many people think they know what a “prenup” is and how one works, misconceptions about. I’m going to give you a quick summary of how these agreements work in Tennessee.
Letterman May be Facing Divorce
As could have been predicted, rumors are that Letterman’s wife wants a divorce. If so, I’ll be watching with interest as his case would touch on a couple of issues I’ve written about recently. I had written about whether or not Hugh Hefner’s wife could use “adultery” as grounds, and I’ve described how property division is handled in Tennessee. So how would a Tennessee court handle this situation?
Property Division During Divorce
My clients are often very concerned about the property division in a divorce. Everybody has heard stories about someone getting “cleaned out” and being left with nothing while their spouse lives in the lap of luxury. Does this really happen? Is it fair? What can you do to stop it?