Noncompete can be ordered in divorce 
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: divorce, noncompete, property division
A state court had the authority to order a wife not to operate a competing business when it awarded the husband the family business in their divorce, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Marital share of soldier’s retirement miscalculated
Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: divorce, property division, retirement benefits
The marital share of a divorced husband’s military pension should have been based on the number of service “points” earned during the marriage rather than the man’s time in the military during that period, Maine’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Husband’s post-separation COLAs divisible in divorce
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: divorce, property division
Post-separation cost of living adjustments to a husband’s military pension benefits constitute marital property subject to distribution in his divorce, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Military health insurance counts as marital asset
Published: December 12, 2011
Tags: divorce, property division, Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act
A husband’s post-retirement military health insurance benefits could be valued in dividing marital property in his divorce, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled.
Wife gets share of husband’s PI settlement in divorce
Published: December 7, 2011
Tags: negligence, property division
A personal injury settlement obtained by a husband following separation was marital property subject to division in his divorce, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
Wife’s stock options may be divisible in divorce
Published: November 16, 2011
Tags: divorce, property division, stock options
Stock options that a wife received from her employer may be marital property subject to division in her divorce – even though her rights in those assets vested following the parties’ separation, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Wife shares in asset appreciation after divorce filing
Published: November 7, 2011
Tags: divorce, property division, valuation
A wife was entitled to share in the “passive” appreciation of the husband’s business that occurred following their filing for divorce, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled.
Husband’s beneficiary interests considered in divorce
Published: October 18, 2011
Tags: property division, revocable trusts, trust and estates
A husband’s beneficiary interests under revocable trusts and wills should have been considered in dividing marital property in his divorce, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Soldier’s disability pay isn’t marital property
Published: October 4, 2011
Tags: disability benefits, divorce, property division, Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act
Marital property in a divorce did not include temporary retirement pay attributable to a soldier’s disability, the Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Divorce decree doesn’t override beneficiary designation
Published: June 23, 2011
Tags: beneficiary designation, divorce, property division
A wife was entitled to death benefits under a deferred compensation fund awarded to the husband in the parties’ divorce, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
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