Aug 17, 2021 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Summary: While there is no deadline imposed otherwise, the parties to a Pennsylvania low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce are free to decide when the agreed assets will be transferred to the respective parties. In an expensive, contested action, the Court...
Aug 12, 2021 | Divorce, Property Division
Generally speaking, to protect one’s assets in a Pennsylvania divorce from being equitably (that is, fairly, not necessarily equally) distributed in a divorce action in Pennsylvania, steps must be taken BEFORE one gets married. One way is a prenuptial agreement....
Jun 26, 2021 | Property Division
Everything that accumulates in the course of a marriage is fair game to be divided up when the decision is made to end the marriage. In Pennsylvania, we have equitable distribution of marital assets. Equitable means economically fair and that may or may not be equal....
Mar 30, 2021 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania’s divorce laws, virtually everything that comes into a spouse’s possession while the couple is married AND living together (cohabiting) is considered part of the marital estate and is subject to being equitably (economically fair, not...
Oct 9, 2019 | Military Divorce, Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania law, all marital assets are subject to division in a divorce. Certainly, the portion of a pension that accumulates during a marriage is likely to be considered a marital asset. A frequent reaction to that is for the owner of the pension to claim...
Sep 3, 2019 | Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania law, a gift may or may not be a marital asset subject to division like other assets. Items brought into the marriage at the beginning by one party which are never gifted to the marriage, would likely not be subject to division. A vehicle or bank...
