The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled for the ex-wife in a battle over whether potential proceeds from a pending lawsuit ...

Louisiana is a community property state, wherein spouses are considered joint owners of nearly all assets and debts acquired in marriage. In the event of a divorce, assets acquired during the marriage ...

The Internal Revenue Code has relatively clear rules detailing the taxation of normal payments made on account of divorce. How these rules apply to pension plan distributions has been explained in ...

Recent trend of judges including all assets — before and after marriage — in financial settlements has raised concerns ...

Divorce is rarely simple. Missouri courts are accustomed to navigating the complexities of dividing property and, in cases involving children, applying the “best interest of the child” standard to ...

Property has historically been a prized asset in divorce settlements, but trying to keep hold of the marital home may no ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...