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Dividing Property In Your Virginia Divorce

At the heart of every divorce, regardless of any other elements that it includes, there is property division. After your divorce is complete, property that you and your spouse owned as a couple will now belong to one or the other of you.

Asset division in Virginia is supposed to be equitable. That is, there may not be a 50-50 split. Rather, property will be assigned to one spouse or the other based on facts such as how much labor each spouse contributed to the growth of that property.

At Randall, Page & Bruch, P.C., our Virginia family law attorneys draw on 85 combined years of experience to help clients arrive at fair and equitable asset division agreements. When couples cannot agree, a family law judge may decide. However, we work hard to help our clients adjust to the idea of making their own decisions rather than putting them in the hands of a judge who cannot possibly know the inner workings of a marriage the way the spouses do.

Steps To Dividing Property In Your Virginia Divorce

You and your spouse’s assets may include the following:

  • Real estate
  • Vehicles
  • Bank accounts
  • Stocks, bonds and other investments
  • Personal property, including “tools of the trade” in your home or garage
  • Collectibles and valuables, such as silver
  • Retirement accounts

The first step in property division is to separate out the following with regard to your total marital estate:

  • The separate property of each spouse
  • Marital property owned by both of you
  • Assets that are partially separate and partially marital
  • Debts

If the two of you agree on all terms of property division, you may have an uncontested divorce, and there may be no need to have a judge resolve any disputes.

When Property Division Is Contested, Complex Or Both

If your assets are complex or of high value, you may need professional help to agree on how to divide assets. For example, you may want to call a business valuation expert to put a value on a business owned by one or both of you. Likewise, you may need a real estate appraiser to determine the value of your marital home, which may be partially separate and partially marital property.

Once all property has been identified and categorized as separate, marital or both, you and your spouse will need to reach an agreement on how to divide the total, as well as specifics. If you do not agree and the case goes before a judge, neither of you will likely be satisfied with the outcome. If possible, arrive at your own property division agreement through negotiations or mediation.

We Will Take The Mystery Out Of Your Property Division Tasks

In all phases of property division before divorce hearings take place, our divorce lawyers help clients in Hampton Roads and Southeastern Virginia focus on what matters most to each of them.

To get started on the property division part of your divorce, call us at 757-742-6115 or send an email inquiry.