When it comes to divorce, family lawyers are the ones to help and most lawyers will tell you that when two people split up there is usually a great deal of bad feeling. While this can be expected, it doesn’t make fair division of assets easy or even very likely.
If the two people cannot agree on the division of property or other assets, the court has to decide.
This is not the best way to deal with things, because it can take a long time to finalise and it will cost a great deal, but sometimes it is the only way. So what does a court take into account when deciding on how to split up the assets?
It doesn’t simply divide them down the middle and give one half to each person. Other things are taken into account. These are usually: –