Posts Tagged ‘marital assets’
Divorce and Property Rights during Asset Division in Tennessee
Marriage is a contract, and divorce is the legal dissolution of that contract. When the two parties separate, they will each try to assert the right to certain property that the two once owned together. The division of assets is often the most contentious aspect of a divorce, unless there are children involved and there…
Read MoreExceptions During Divorce Proceedings: Protecting Your Assets
When you get divorced in Tennessee, your judge will split your assets equitably. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean 50/50, though sometimes it works out like that. An equitable distribution is based on what the judge thinks it fair for each spouse under the specific circumstances of your case. So, for example, if you keep the…
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