Divorce is complex, but the level of intricacy may be higher when more assets are involved. If you and your spouse had assets with high values, such as businesses, stocks, trust funds or real estate that you both owned or ran, property division may be challenging....

Perhaps the easiest way to think about the dissipation of marital assets is that your partner is intentionally trying to waste your financial assets. This happens when your partner fully knows that they are not legally allowed to hide assets during the divorce. They...

If you are a business owner, it’s crucial to realize that your divorce is going to affect your ability to run it. Some effects will be short-term, but some could last much longer. Here are some of the ways that might occur: 1. Your divorce will occupy a lot of your...

High-asset divorces often have unique assets that have to be appraised and divided. Sometimes, it’s hard to know what to do with certain items or even to understand if they have value at all. Art is one of those assets. To one person, the art might not be important or...

You and your spouse are going through a divorce, and you're also running your business. That business has been doing very well since the two of you got married and it has doubled in size. You consider this something that you did all on your own and it would have...

Unless you and your spouse signed a marital agreement or settle your property division matters outside of court, almost all of your shared property and income from throughout your marriage is at risk when you divorce. New York's equitable distribution law requires...

You probably made up your mind months ago about dissolving your marriage. Therefore, the court proceedings should be a mere formalization of your decision. It might seem a bit straightforward, but things can get complicated along the way. It means that the time it...

Say you win the jackpot on the next big lottery, and it's a life-changing amount of money. These jackpots sometimes get as high as $300 million or more. Though you do take home a lot less after taxes and everything else, it's still the type of money that most people...

Worrying about how long your divorce will take is common among Williamsville, New York residents. When a marriage is over in all respects but the legal ones, you want it finished as fast as possible. Unfortunately, divorce is rarely a speedy process, especially if you...

When significant wealth and assets are at stake in a divorce, it complicates the entire process. Often spouses cannot reach an agreement on critical divorce and family issues like child custody, property division and support. In many cases, this ongoing disagreement...