When it comes to high-asset property division in family law, it's absolutely key to partner with an expert attorney. When it comes to finding assets a lawyer has to know how to navigate what might be a quagmire of different corporations, business holdings, properties and investments. It's one thing to know that a case is a high-asset divorce, but it's another thing entirely to know how to undertake the research that is necessary for comprehensive discovery.
Failure to properly scrutinize a trust and associate documents as well as corporate holdings can result in a completely skewed outcome for involved parties. It's critical for Providence marital property division attorneys to value the assets and protect investments, businesses, property, alimony, child support and maintenance.
Rhode Island Business Valuation Attorney
At Kirshenbaum & Kirshenbaum, we put an extreme emphasis on scrutiny and discovery. With over 75 years of legal history in Rhode Island, we're ready to put our experience to work for you to ensure the most equitable outcome in your case. When high-asset clients come to us we're often able to give guidance as to the optimal strategies. We provide the likelihood of outcomes if advice is followed and move forward with the ideal strategy. Many attorneys aren't versed in the specificity of discovery in high-asset divorce cases but because we've been dealing with these cases for decades, (in addition to our focus on probate litigation) we provide a comprehensive understanding of this domain of law.
One example of our results:
Stephenson v. Stephenson, 811 A.2d 1138 (RI 2002)
We represented the husband in a divorce action. During the marriage, at the persistence of the wife, the husband added her name to a number of his banking and investment accounts that he had acquired prior to the marriage. In the divorce action, the trial judge found that those accounts to which the husband added the wife's name were marital. On appeal, this office victoriously argued that the husband's property had not transmuted into marital property and established that the wife was added to the accounts as a matter of convenience. The marital estate, accordingly, was reduced by the amount contained in those accounts. The husband maintained his premarital property.
To discuss any aspect of your property division case in a consultation with our Providence property division attorney, call 401-680-9119 or e-mail us here.
