Recent Posts in Property Division

• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 23-Jan-2015

  Harold Hamm's Ex Finally Accepts Almost $1B Payout But Wants More

  Recently, we told you about the astonishing decision made by Sue Ann Arnall, the recently divorced ex-wife of billionaire oil man Harold Hamm. Back in November, Arnall declined the court-approved $975 million divorce settlement because she didn't ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 12-Jan-2015

  Judge Chides Wealthy Manhattan Couple for Airing Laundry During Divorce

  How far would you go to make sure you were going to get what you deserved in a divorce case? Would you air every piece of dirty laundry about your soon-to-be ex-spouse, including… allegations of incontinence? That is what Christina Di Mauro ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 6-Jan-2015

  Almost $1B Turned Down As A Divorce Settlement

  What do you think is adequate compensation for 26 years of marriage? Most would say half, but what if you're married to a billionaire you estimate is worth $18 billion? Could you live with $974.8 million? For Sue Ann Arnall, the now-ex wife of ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 24-Nov-2014

  Ways Not To Lose Your Shirt During A Divorce

  Choices we make now may haunt us in the future. Rarely does someone get a chance to make a huge life choice decision with so much data and foresight than when they're getting divorced. There is a lot of data supporting things you should do, with ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 10-Nov-2014

  Mortgages After Divorces

  Other than children, houses are the main point of contention during a divorce between couples with a mortgage. It's a very tricky maze to navigate, however. There are a lot of financial considerations for everyone involved when it's time to ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 13-Oct-2014

  Iggy Azalea Being Sued to End Marriage... That Never Happened?

  Australian hip-hop star Iggy Azalea is hitting it big in the States, but that has just made the target on her bank account as big as it full. Specifically, her ex-boyfriend — or current husband, depending on who you believe — who's ...

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• Posted By The Graves Law Firm 4-Aug-2014

  A House Divided in Divorce

  There are so many messy outcomes to a divorce. Besides the mental and financial outcomes, there are some things especially complicated that can't just be solved by one party deciding to pay it, like a credit card bill. A great example of this is ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 21-Apr-2014

  Divorce Costs Trash-Talking Divorcee Millions in Settlement

  Divorces can be contentious — no one denies this. But it's one thing to shout at your future-ex during a custody hearing, and it's another to completely air their laundry in public. That's what Janice Schacter, wife of white-shoe ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 1-Apr-2014

  Home Renovations: Final Divorce Straw?

  Sometimes, marriages just don't work out. Some of the couples that go through these doomed situations sometimes spend the last act of them walking around eggshells until the relationship finally breaks. Others decide to attempt to rekindle their ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 3-Feb-2014

  Divorced Kidney Donor Wants It Back...From Her Ex-Husband

  We’ve heard of a broken heart being a point of contention in a divorce, but a donated kidney? We thought we had heard it all until reading the story of Samantha Lamb, a 41-year-old UK mother of one, who underwent the kidney transplant operation ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 23-Sep-2013

  Alaskan Doctor Hides Millions in Divorce; Now in Jail

  Sometimes, divorces can be mutual, easy and completed with minimal effort. When Michael Brandner, a 64-year-old plastic surgeon in Alaska decided to divorce his wife of 28 years, he took the decidedly opposite approach. He decided to get the federal ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 16-Sep-2013

  Clint and Dina Eastwood Asks for Legal Separation, Swap Partners With Other Couple

  For an 83 year old man, Clint Eastwood's legal separation filing from his wife of 17 years Dina is a pretty steamy affair! The couple filed papers in Monterey County Superior Court. The former newscaster Dina, 48, seeks spousal support from the ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 6-May-2013

  Divorce and Credit Cards: A Recipe for Disaster

  Credit Card debt. It's one of the biggest headaches anyone deals with, let alone with a spouse. But what happens when you are going through a divorce and your soon-to-be ex-spouse begins to receive credit cards in their post-divorce name. ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 10-Sep-2012

  Hiding Assets Before Divorce Hits

  Make sure you're not caught in a web of lies before your divorce goes final We've written plenty here about the division of property and assets during a divorce. There are ways to protect yourself in case things go south in your marriage, ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 30-Jul-2012

  Can You Trust A Trust In A Divorce?

  Protection – it's one word that has saved many relationships from getting serious. But for those who are trying to break away from a relationship – namely, getting a divorce – protection could again be the name of the game. What ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 17-Jul-2012

  Do Rough Economic Times Mask Bad Times At Home?

  Are tough economic times to blame for less divorces Even though some indicators are forecasting the economy to be at least leveling instead of falling off a cliff, it's still a hard time out there for many people. Making ends meet has gotten ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 2-Jul-2012

  Find A 1040, Get More Divorce Glory

  Checking your soon-to-be-ex-spouse's tax return could net you gains A lot of divorce cases come through my doors, so I've litigated all kinds. If I want to know how a case is going to go, one of the ways I'll gauge it is to see who is ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 4-Jun-2012

  401(K) Divided By Two

  Using the QDRO to make it happen We discussed earlier about the QDRO—or Qualified Domestic Relations Order —which is the best way in a divorce to split up retirement accounts. But while we talked about what a QDRO is, we'd like to ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 7-May-2012

  When It's Over, It's Over

  Remember that divorce settlements are written in stone Divorce is a tricky water to navigate. There are various threads of emotion going on that deal with love, loss and fear of the future that make dealing with the barebones of the ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 21-Jan-2012

  Financial Tips For Late-In-Life Divorce

  In my experience as a family law attorney, it seems that there are very few people who leave marriages of any length unscathed, but the financial impact is often more extreme for those who have been together for decades. Sometimes when one partner ...

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• Posted By Demetria Graves 14-Jan-2012

  Divorce And Your Mortgage

  Often the first major hurdle do resolve when considering a divorce is working out what to do with your home. Because this is often the largest asset that most people have.The family home can present many challenges to the smooth resolution of a ...

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