A high-asset divorce involves at least one million dollars in net liquid assets. However, valuable fixed assets are more difficult to divide in a divorce. Maryland remains an equitable distribution state, wherein if you and your spouse cannot come to terms with a...
High-asset Divorce
How to navigate a high-asset divorce
A high-asset divorce involves a couple with high-value assets such as business interests, stock options, cash, real estate, exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. The former spouses may have more than one property to divide and various valuable personal belongings....
5 ways that a spouse attempts to hide marital assets
The trust eroded in your marriage long ago as you and your spouse have lived separate lives for several years. But you finally have had enough of your marriage. During this time, you have long-held suspicions of your spouse’s questionable financial dealings. It is...
Do you need a forensic accountant on your divorce team?
When you have considerable assets, you have a lot to lose in a divorce, and in some cases, Maryland residents who were in high-asset marriages take extra steps to make sure they get everything owed to them amidst the split. Increasingly, one or both parties navigating...
Tips when preparing for a high-asset divorce
While all divorces are potentially difficult and complex, couples with a high net worth have particular considerations they must address. Financial decisions are often the source of intense conflict among divorcing couples, and when there are significant assets...
Can a divorce be fair if one party has a lot of family money?
When spouses divorce in an equitable distribution state such as Maryland, their assets (and debts) should be divided fairly but not necessarily equally. Of course, many divorce cases never go to trial, and the spouses work out an agreement between...
5 common mistakes in high asset divorces
For divorcing couples with significant assets, division of property is one of the biggest hurdles they face. In Maryland, assets are distributed equally during a divorce. This means the court systems do not have to divide the assets between the spouses equally so long...