Posts Tagged ‘marital property’
Who Gets The House?
In most divorces, the family home is the largest asset that will be divided in the litigation. In addition to the purely financial considerations, many people are emotionally attached to their home. Some people will put keeping the house as the most important priority in securing a proper environment for their children. For parents with…
Read MoreOhio Divorce Attorney: An Equitable Split Does Not Necessarily Mean An Equal Split
One of the biggest divorce myths we encounter in our practice is the belief that the divorce court will add up all of each litigants property and divide down the middle. This method is used in a minority of states (Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin). These states are called…
Read MoreCommon-Law Marriage in Ohio
Not So Common: The Unlikely Ohio Common-Law Marriage A common-law marriage occurs when a man and woman live with each other as husband and wife for a stated amount of time per state statute. They were widely used during the western expansion, as men and women sometimes were not able to have a ceremony in…
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