Property Division

Although she stated more than a year ago that she was divorcing her partner, actor Ashton Kutcher, actress Demi Moore never got around to filing divorce papers.Kutcher took care of that last Friday by filing a divorce petition citing irreconcilable differences in Los...

Anyone in Miami who has started and grown their own business knows how much work it involves. That's exactly why couples who jointly own a business often run into issues when they decide to file for divorce. The important thing to remember is that there are a number...

Florida is an "equitable distribution" state, which means that anything that a married couple obtained during their marriage will be equitably divided amongst the two parties should they divorce. A common misinterpretation of this law is that the property will be...

Dividing assets in a divorce is tough enough as it is. But in an increasingly high-tech age where more and more assets are deemed "virtual," property division for some couples is getting much more complicated.One compounding factor is that even divorce professionals...

It might take quite a search to find a divorce case that more truly qualifies as a complex property division dispute than the McCourt matter that has been prominently scoring headlines in Los Angeles and elsewhere across the country for more than two years.Many...

A proposed auction of memorabilia and other assets once owned by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has triggered accusations by the musician that his ex-wife is selling his personal property without his authorization. While his former spouse contends that all of...

Divorce is an emotional event. However, it can also be fraught with financial risks. Florida property division decisions can damage one or both parties, if neither has made appropriate plans to avoid disaster. Parties to a divorce view marriage from a very different...

An entrepreneur from the Netherlands is proactively pushing an idea in the United States that has gained traction for him back home. He calls it the Divorce Hotel.In a nutshell, Jim Halfens' idea works like this: A divorcing couple shows up at the hotel on Friday and,...

Divorce rates among baby boomers have dramatically increased to one in four, up from one in 10 a decade ago. The trend of divorce among adults approaching retirement requires preparation and thought regarding financial matters.Property division during divorce is...

So many real-life celebrity happenings end up as television movies or mini-series dramas, and a gambler likely would not bet against the odds of that happening regarding the long-running divorce battle of former Yahoo president Susan Decker and Michael Dovey, her...