Who Pays the QDRO Fees in Divorce?
Divorce can be a complex and financially straining process, especially when it comes to determining who pays the f...
Read moreDivorce is difficult enough when everything proceeds according to the rules. Divorce not only injects financial turmoil into your life but also requires you to protect your financial rights (to help ensure a smooth transition into your post-divorce future). If your divorcing spouse is engaging in unsavory practices, such as hiding assets or funds, it puts you at an immense disadvantage, and you need a dedicated divorce attorney with considerable experience successfully addressing devious financial practices on your side.
Colorado is what is known as a marital property state (rather than a community property state), which means that those assets you and your spouse come to own while you are a married couple are characterized as marital property. Upon divorce, this marital property must be divided between you equitably, which does not necessarily mean equally. Equitably instead means fairly in relation to a long list of variables that include:
Separate property refers to those assets that belonged to one spouse or the other prior to marriage and that he or she kept separate throughout the marriage. Keeping separate property separate throughout a busy marriage, however, can prove exceptionally challenging.
If you have a feeling that your divorcing spouse may be hiding money or engaging in any other practice that artificially decreases your marital property (or if you have evidence of such), you should listen to your gut and bring up the matter with your practiced divorce attorney. The sooner you address the matter, the better positioned you’ll be to protect your own financial rights throughout the divorce process. Your attorney will dig into all the following financial indicators in order to investigate the matter fully:
If you have a feeling, it’s time to get to the bottom of the matter.
Chris Little at CNL Law Firm, PLLC, in Aurora, Colorado, is a formidable family law attorney who recognizes how much damage your spouse’s financial antics can do and who is well prepared to fight back with the full force of the law and his impressive legal skill. Learn more by contacting us today.
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