I just happened to run across this interesting article, “Best & Worst Times – Financially – to Split Up.” Interesting thoughts, though I don’t necessarily agree with everything in the article (see my prior posts on those subjects).
Archive for the ‘General Family Law Posts’ Category
Interesting Article on the Timing of Divorce
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Uncategorized, tagged divorce finance, divorce timing, when to divorce on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Extra-marital property
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Property Division, tagged commingle, commingled marital assets, extra marital asset, inheritance, non marital asset, nonmarital on August 4, 2011 | 3 Comments »
The most common extra-marital asset or property that a spouse may receive during the marriage is an inheritance from a spouse’s parent(s). This asset is not treated as income like wages or other earnings earned during the marriage, in part, because the spouse did not receive the inheritance due to the receiving spouse’s efforts during the [...]
Comingling of property in the marital estate
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Property Division, tagged commingled marital assets, commingled marital debts, Divorce, Divorce Discovery, marital estate, marital property, separate debt, separate property on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The biggest difficulty in separating out each spouse’s property and/or debts from marital property, or the “marital estate,” is that most times spouses will commingle their property and/or debts during the marriage. Unless a very clear accounting is kept making it clear that the intent of the spouses was to maintain the property or debt [...]
Premarital property
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Property Division, tagged personal property, Premarital, premarital property, separate debt, separate property on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Premarital property is that property that each spouse brings into the marriage, which is each their separate property and generally not considered part of the marital estate. As in all things legal, there are exceptions to the premarital property laws. The biggest exceptions have to do with commingling of premarital property or debts with marital [...]
Contested Divorce is Expensive
Posted in Alimony, Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Uncategorized, tagged divorce attorney fees, divorce costs, Divorce Litigation, litigation on June 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Of late I have been contemplating a flurry of incoming phone calls from folks looking at getting a divorce or who have been served divorce court papers by their spouse. It is no surprise that, given the current economy or not, cost is a huge concern for people, as it should be. Costs to be [...]
Calculating Alimony
Posted in Alimony, Divorce, General Family Law Posts, tagged Alimony, spousal support on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Divorce clients appropriately ask about how alimony is calculated. In Utah, there is no specific formula for alimony as there is for child support. The most accurate outline for how alimony is determined is the law itself, which can be found at http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE30/htm/30_03_000500.htm, specifically paragraph (8). The application of the law to every case is [...]
The life of a divorce
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Uncategorized, tagged Divorce Discovery, Divorce Facts, Divorce Initiation, Divorce Litigation, Divorce Petition, Divorce Process, Divorce Resolution, Post-Divorce on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The life of litigation as it normally applies to a divorce case can be divided into three main phases: Initiation Phase, Discovery Phase, and Resolution Phase.
Divorce and Holidays
Posted in Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Holidays are the most difficult times to deal with a divorce. Try to be aware of this and make sure you are occupied with friends and/or relatives.
What “Contested” Divorce Means
Posted in Alimony, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, General Family Law Posts, Uncategorized, Visitation/Parent-time, tagged Contested Divorce on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What does it mean when we say a divorce is contested? What it DOES mean is that there are provisions in the divorce petition that the parties don’t agree on. What it DOESN’T mean is that you can fight against there actually being a divorce.
Divorce Humor
Posted in Divorce Humor - because you either have to laugh or cry, tagged Divorce Humor on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Divorce humor – The reason divorces are so expensive is that they are worth it
