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Equitable Distribution
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New Jersey Law Blog
Death During Divorce Proceedings
Usually, when a spouse dies in the midst of divorce litigation, significant problems arise. The first is that upon the death of a spouse prior to entry of Final Judgment…
NJ Family Legal Blog
The Meaning of Equitable Distribution – What Is Exempt and How Do You Prove It?
People sometimes assume that “equitable distribution” automatically means a 50/50 division of assets. However, a court cannot simply view a list of assets and make the automatic determination that the list…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Read Mark Ashton’s Excellent New Blog Entry Entitled “Stock Option Developments”
Mark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and the editor of the firm's Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote an excellent post on that blog entitled "Stock Option Developments." To read the post,…
Pennsylvania Family Law
SO WHY IS IT NOT 50/50?
At most initial interviews we listen to what clients tell us to be the history of the marriage and the asset pool we are addressing and attempt to predict an…
Pennsylvania Family Law
DID THE “INCREASE IN VALUE” CASE JUST SINK INTO THE SWAMP?
We are litigating several cases currently where much of the value that is subject to equitable distribution comes from an increase in the value of assets that were in the…
Pennsylvania Family Law
THE PERSONAL PROPERTY ROADSHOW
Although the Bible tells us we should not covet property, the plain truth is that we do and we spend lots of time acquiring what lawyers call personalty. Most of…
New Jersey Family Law
SECAUCUS HUDSON COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE QDRO LAWYER
Peters retained Michael Stanton Esq. to obtain a qualified domestic relations order [QDRO] to enforce the equitable distribution provisions of her 1993 New Jersey divorce agreement. She claims his inordinate…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Separate Property – Prove It or Lose It
One of the things that we were reminded of from the McGreevey divorce is that if a party claims that an asset is exempt from equitable distribution, they have the burden of…
New Jersey Law Blog
Is a Disability Pension Subject to Equitable Distribution?
It is well-settled law that retirement plans such as pensions, 401(k)s, 403(b)s, KEOUGHs, profit sharing plans, deferred compensation plans and IRAs are subject to equitable distribution in the event of…
New Hampshire Family Law Blog
Property distribution: Equittable is not always equal
By Kysa Crusco
New Hampshire law grants courts the authority to order an equitable distribution of property between parties. Although the law presumes that an equal distribution is also an equitable distribution, the…