Recent Posts in Date of Valuation of Assets and Debts Category
Posted on Mar 2, 2012 By Thurman Arnold, III, C.F.L.S.
Q. My Wife is a personal injury lawyer with a good practice which she started six years before we married. We have been separated for nine months, after nine years together. She just sent me a ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I am not on title to a home my husband owned before we married but we paid the mortgage for 7 years. If we divorce, do I have any interest in it? A. There is an important concept under California ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Thurman Arnold
Q. If I contest date of separation, what evidence do courts look at? A. The question for trial courts is: Does one or both spouses objectively and subjectively act and appear as though they intend a ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2010 By Thurman Arnold, CFLS
Q. How are stock options treated if I decide to dissolve my domestic partnership? A. Stock options are commonly used to attract or retain key employees with incentives outside the basic salary ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I am considering filing for divorce, and am beginning to pencil out what the division of our assets and debts might look like. What is a good way to go about this? A. Prepare a Marital Balance ...
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Posted on May 24, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. I own a business that I began shortly after marriage. Now I am getting divorced. Is this community property even though my partner never worked the business, and if it is what methods might be used ...
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Posted on May 19, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. My wife and I separated two years ago and we have decided to divorce. We don't agree on the date we should use to value some of our property, like the home where she's been living in with ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2010 By Thurman Arnold
Q. Why is the idea of 'physical separation' important in California divorce or domestic partnership dissolutions? A. The idea of "physical separation" is one of the most important ...
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