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Divorce: Contributions to Marital Property

What Is Marital Property?

In any divorce, the court is required to consider certain factors in dividing the marital property and marital debts of the spouses. Such property is generally considered property acquired during the marriage. One of the factors a divorce court is required to consider in dividing the property is a spouse’s contributions to marital property.

High-Asset Divorce Cases

This is an important factor, especially in high-asset divorce cases, where one spouse may have contributed significantly more money to purchase assets because that spouse has greater income or revenue. A spouse may have also entered the marriage having significantly greater pre-marital assets, including bank, brokerage, investment, and retirement accounts. A spouse may have used some of those pre-marital assets to purchase marital property.

Contribution Arguments

Arguments regarding contributions to marital property are frequently complex. A great deal of preparation is necessary to make a credible and persuasive argument in a divorce that one spouse should receive a larger share of the property. The effort and work to prepare for such an argument are often necessary to overcome a court’s perspective that the marital assets should be divided equally.

Missouri Marital Law

Judges frequently believe that an equal division of marital properties is the same as equitable or fair division. But Missouri law expressly requires a court to consider a spouse’s contributions to the properties before dividing the property.

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Scott Hamblin regularly handles high-asset divorce cases. If you have a divorce involving substantial assets or significant holdings, please contact our office today.

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