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Key Takeaways Pensions are often divisible in a New Hampshire divorce. New Hampshire courts may divide all or part of a pension under RSA 458:16-a, depending on the facts of the case. It does not matter who earned the pension. A pension earned by one spouse may still...
Key Takeaways There is no guaranteed way to shield assets from divorce. Many people believe they can simply place property in one spouse's name or transfer assets before filing for divorce to protect them. Under New Hampshire law, those strategies are often...
Key Takeaways Cryptocurrency can be divided in a Connecticut divorce. Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other digital assets may constitute property that the court can consider when assigning property in a divorce under Connecticut General Statutes § 46b-81....
Selling or Refinancing the Family Home in a Maine Divorce Key Takeaways The family home does not automatically have to be sold. In a Maine divorce, the spouses may sell the home, or the court may award it to one spouse or allow one spouse to live there for a period of...
Key Takeaways Premarital property is not automatically protected. Many people assume that anything they owned before the marriage automatically remains theirs after a divorce. In New Hampshire, however, RSA 458:16-a gives the court authority to equitably divide...
Williams v. Massa: The Massachusetts Case That Defines Modern Equitable Distribution One of the most important Massachusetts divorce cases on equitable distribution is Williams v. Massa, 431 Mass. 619 (2000). Probate and Family Court judges and family law attorneys...
The Emotional Reality of the Family Home During Divorce There are a few issues in divorce that create more emotional tension than deciding what happens to the family home. For many people, the house represents far more than a financial asset. This is the place where...
Every divorce client expecting a significant inheritance asks me the question. "My inheritance isn’t part of this, right?” And every divorce client married to a spouse expecting a significant inheritance asks, "They are going to inherit millions. That has to count for...
I was recently interviewed by Holly Hooper for a Redfin article on selling a home during a divorce. It covered the major options: sell and split the proceeds, one party buys the other out, continue co-ownership temporarily, or trade the home for other assets. Those...
When people start thinking about divorce in Massachusetts, one of the first financial questions that comes up is deceptively simple: “What happens to inheritance?” It’s a fair question, and often a deeply personal one. Inherited assets are rarely just financial. They...