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You’ve worked hard to make the right investment moves for yourself and your family, but suddenly, your marriage is ending. In the midst of all the heartache and stress divorce brings – you suddenly realize your financial future is at risk, too. Are there ways you can make it easier to navigate divorce and investments with confidence? Yes. So, if…
Indiana divorce courts and judges operate under one critical presumption and one legal imperative. The presumption is that – in most cases – a minor child of the marriage benefits from spending significant time with both parents. This leads to a baseline presumption that joint custody – legal, physical, or both – is the best arrangement. Again, this is the…
Dividing investments in divorce can be complex. In addition to jointly held real estate assets, other common assets divorcing couples are concerned about include their portfolio of investments, IRAs, and pensions. Rules vary from state to state, but Indiana is an “equitable distribution” law state. While there is a presumption that assets be divided 50/50 in most cases, trial court…
Property division during divorce can be complex and spousal pension plan rights in a divorce proceeding are often misunderstood. While rules may vary from state to state, Indiana is an “equitable distribution” law state, meaning that trial court judges have some latitude in how to fairly divide marital assets in a divorce settlement – including retirement and pension assets. In…
In many divorce cases, there are mistakes made as to the division of assets when the divorce is resolved. All divorces are resolved by an agreement1 that the court reviews, approves, and orders.2 If there is no agreed-to resolution, the case will be tried and the judge will decide all the pending issues in the case that are not resolved,…
When contemplating divorce, it is mentally taxing and confusing because most litigants do not understand the basics of Indiana divorce law. For families where a mother has stayed at home and raised the children and husband has worked and become entitled to a large pension, the question is whether the pension is divided on divorce. Is a wife entitled to…
In today’s mobile society, it is common for parties to have a second home in another state or country. Many people who are divorcing think this is outside the Indiana divorce court’s jurisdiction because it is not within the state. That is not the case, although it does create several problems for litigants and their attorneys. All marital property brought…
There are many women (and men) who elect to stay home after the birth of their children and be a homemaker. No one doubts this is a full-job, but when divorce strikes it often leaves fear in the stay-at-home parent because he/she had been out of the workforce for so long. This is particularly daunting since Indiana presumes that the…
It is common knowledge that addiction to illicit and prescription drugs is at “epidemic” proportions in the United States. Unfortunately, families are not immune from this problem and many divorces are tied to addiction (which may be tied to mental illness diagnoses as well). Many spouses simply do not know how addiction may play into divorce, so they wait or…
With Americans increasingly living and working abroad as we expand to a global workforce, Indiana divorces with international aspects are not uncommon.1 This blog briefly highlights some of the issues you need to know if you are in this situation. Jurisdiction. As long as one of the parties have lived in the state and county for six (6) months, the…