It can be a challenge to establish the value of real estate in a foreign country from a distant U.S. courtroom. Judges face this issue in contested divorces when one or both litigants own land, homes, other buildings or commercial real estate overseas. The court needs...
It is not uncommon for people from different countries to marry or have children together. Of course, this can bring complicated, binational custody and parental access issues should they divorce or end their relationship. After all, their extended families, support...
In a divorce, either or both spouses may own a professional practice or have an interest in such a firm – whether it be law, medical, dental, orthodontic, accounting, tax or another specialty. Connecticut law gives judges wide discretion in making decisions involving...
When a Connecticut court equitably divides marital property between divorcing spouses, a potential issue for dispute may involve whether either of the litigants wrongfully dissipated marital assets. For example, did one of them take an expensive vacation or give large...
In divorce, a Connecticut court has wide discretion to assign value to assets the judge will allocate to one or the other divorcing spouse. Obviously, a piece of art does not have a precise, universally accepted value like an account or a share of stock. When...
In a Connecticut divorce, there is no simple formula for dividing assets. The courts are not tasked with merely adding up total assets and dividing by two in a clear-cut mathematical operation. Connecticut law gives judges broad discretion when dividing assets between...
The Connecticut statute that governs equitable property division in divorce does not define “property,” which has left it to our courts to do so on a case-by-case basis. CT Gen. Stat § 46b-81. Basically, before the judge can craft a fair property division, they must...
When the family court judge determines during a dissolution that alimony is appropriate, the court generally intends the order to remain enduring. However, circumstances in the years following a divorce may change. Some awards related to spousal support may no longer...
After a marriage breaks down between parents of minor children, spouses may choose to relocate for a variety of reasons. Connecticut law recognizes that when a custodial parent seeks to relocate at the time of divorce, paternity action or in a post-judgment setting,...
While the decision to end the marriage might be straightforward, negotiating the division of the assets can be more complex. Asset division becomes even more complicated when one or both spouses have money or assets the other spouse does not know about. During these...
