PROPERTY
JACKSONVILLE DIVORCE PROPERTY LAWYER
Regardless of the size of your marital estate, as a board
certified lawyer and marital and family law expert, I can help
you sort out your property issues in a divorce matter. My office will assist you in
preparing a proposed settlement to divide your assets and debts. If
you are thinking about marriage, some pre-marriage planning may be
right for you and we can draft a pre-nuptial agreement that meets
those needs. It is actually much more complicated that just
dividing things 50/50 that were acquired during a marriage. Many
lawyers fail to consider the tax implications of certain property
settlements. We will work closely with your tax advisors to attempt
to minimize expensive tax liabilities. We can also request
that any Qualified Domestic Relations Orders or Qualified
Military Orders are put in place to protect your pension and
retirement rights.
In complex cases, we can utilize the services of appraisers,
business valuators, actuaries, and forensic accountants to present
their expert testimonies to the Court. We can also employ a number
of experts and techniques to find hidden or non-disclosed assets.
When equitably dividing a marital estate, we will work with you to
consider a number of factors including:
- Which assets and debts are marital and which are
non-marital
- Which assets are protected by a prenuptial agreement
- Whether any non-marital assets been converted to marital assets
(or debts)
- Whether the appreciation of any asset or debt is marital
- Tax implications of certain divisions of property
- Fraudulent credit card or other transactions made by your
spouse, including the dissipation or waste of marital assets or
funds
My office also can advise you on the best method of equitably
dividing or protecting:
- Family businesses, corporations, and other business
entities
- Trusts and their income, securities, and other cash assets
- Pension and retirement benefits, including military
benefits
- Marital homes and other real estate
- Sentimental personal property
You have worked hard to acquire what you have at this point in
your life. You should trust your case to a board certified lawyer
and marital and family law expert to protect your property and
ensure that any property settlement is fair.
I represent both men and women and expect that the Court will
treat both equally. I represent military and other families in
Duval, Clay, Nassau, St. Johns, and Baker Counties. If you are out
of country or state, we can often help you over the phone and
through email. We can also discuss your appearance by phone at
court hearings.
Feel free to email or give me a call. I do not charge a
consultation fee so it costs nothing for us to talk and for you to
learn your rights. I am confident that after we speak, I will have
the pleasure of helping you and your family.
