Answer: Under most state definitions of “marital assets” such assets include all assets acquired during the course of the marriage by either spouse, regardless of in whose name such asset is registered, unless such asset was acquired by inheritance, gift, or bequeath. With regard to your question about your husband’s pension, that portion of it […]
Answer: Under most state definitions of “marital assets” such assets include all assets acquired during the course of the marriage by either spouse, regardless of in whose name such asset is registered, unless such asset was acquired by inheritance, gift, or bequeath.
With regard to your question about your husband’s pension, that portion of it which was earned during your marriage would be subject to the marital asset definition, and half of that amount would be your share of such marital asset.
Leonard M. Weiner, Esq./ Divorce Solutions