Tag Archives: Dividing Marital Property
High Court Clarifies Property Division In Military Divorce Cases
A state cannot force an offset if a veteran elects to forgo retirement payments for disability payments even if it affects the property settlement, according to a unanimous decision from the United States Supreme Court. In 1991, an Arizona family court awarded a woman half her husband’s military pension in a divorce settlement. Over… Read More »
Classifying And Dividing Marital Property In Florida
Like most other states, Florida is an equitable division jurisdiction, so the judge must divide property equitably after a divorce. Although “equitably” is usually roughly the same thing as “equally,” the two terms are not synonymous. The idea behind an equitable distribution is that the marriage dissolution should not be a disproportionately unfair financial… Read More »
