CHICAGO, IL - High-asset divorces in Chicago involve complex financial holdings that demand specialized valuation and ...

Discover how a recent Constitutional Court ruling clarifies the relationship between marriage, asset ownership, and estate ...

Money stress can quietly reshape legal rights in marriage. When inherited funds are shared to “build trust,” they may become marital property—with major consequences in divorce.

According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), divorces and annulments were provisionally counted in the United States at 672,502 for the year 2023, which translates ...

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My husband owns substantial properties, purchased before our marriage. I can't stop thinking about it. If he sells those properties during our marriage, does the cash generated from the sale turn into ...

Trusts are a cornerstone of estate planning, offering a versatile means of managing and transferring wealth across generations. For married couples, trusts provide a way to gift assets to their ...

Wisconsin’s marital property laws impact compliance with the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”). As discussed in other Ruder Ware CTA Focus Team insights, the CTA requires a “reporting company” to ...

Q: Both my wife and I have been married before. We each have our own biological children and we brought our own assets, including financial accounts, to our marriage. We agree that we want to keep all ...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that antenuptial contracts entered into after a customary marriage are legally valid, ...

Property division in a divorce depends on whether the state follows community property or common law rules. In community property states, most assets acquired during the marriage belong equally to ...