Take an Intelligent Approach to Marital Property Division Issues
The family law attorneys at Clark & Williams offer sound advice and sensible solutions to property division problems related to Georgia divorce. To learn how you can benefit from our understanding of the key factors in marital property division, contact our office in Brunswick for a free consultation.
Georgia takes an "equitable distribution" approach to property division issues in divorce. Instead of aiming for a 50-50 split of marital assets as community property states do, the object instead is to achieve a fair division of the marital property based on the resources and living standards of both spouses. While this can give you a fair amount of leeway in defining your own property division goals, it can also make it difficult to predict how a judge will decide a contested case.
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In any divorce where you stand to gain or lose a lot in the distribution of marital assets and debts, it's essential to develop a sound understanding of your rights and responsibilities with respect to property division. We can help you tell the difference between marital property and separate assets, and we can find ways to avoid confusion for assets where the characterization might not be so clear.
Our lawyers can guide you toward practical and realistic goals that can usually be achieved through negotiation. Here are some examples of common property division problems that we can help resolve:
- Enforcing or challenging the terms of a prenuptial agreement
- Arranging for the valuation of family business assets
- Determining the value of a professional practice or partnership interest
- Dividing pension or retirement benefits
- Selling the marital home, either at a profit or at a loss
- Dividing marital debts and finding ways to ensure the performance of the spouse who ends up with significant obligations for a mortgage, credit card bills or other major obligations
- Discovering hidden marital assets, undisclosed income or other attempts to understate the value of marital property
- Protecting the value of assets that might be at risk of waste, dissipation or depreciation
- Negotiating property division in conjunction with alimony or spousal support issues
At Clark & Williams, our goal is to help you find a clear path toward a fair division of marital property with a minimum of confusion and stress. We handle cases ranging from uncontested divorces to complex disputes between high-income spouses.
To learn how your property division issues can be worked out, contact one of our attorneys in Brunswick.
