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Divorce Lawyer Charleston SC | Dividing Retirement Accounts

November 15, 2016 By J. Michael DeTreville Leave a Comment

Dividing Retirement Accounts | Divorce Lawyer Charleston SC

One very common type of asset that people will need to divide when they go through a divorce is their retirement accounts. While this seems, and can be fairly straightforward, you will need the assistance of a divorce lawyer Charleston SC to be sure it is done appropriately.

Do we just split them in half?

Maybe. You will divide any growth that accumulated to the account during the time of your marriage. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Divorce, Equitable Division, Marital Property, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: divorce lawyers charleston sc, equitable division, marital property, qdro, retirement accounts

Charleston Divorce Attorneys | The Ins and Outs of Prenuptial Agreements

June 2, 2014 By J. Michael DeTreville 2 Comments

Prenuptial agreements are an under-utilized tool for reducing the conflict and cost associated with divorce. The reasons that prenups are so rare are easy to discern: they take the “romance” out of divorce, they can be expensive and time-consuming to obtain, they are “only for the rich,” etc. Without dwelling on those issues (all of which can be debunked by experienced Charleston divorce attorneys), let’s examine the things one can do, cannot do, and must do with a prenuptial agreement.

What Can I Do With a Prenuptial Agreement in South Carolina?

1. Define w [Read more…]

Filed Under: Alimony, Child Support, Custody, Divorce, Equitable Division, Marital Property, Pre-Nuptial Agreements, testing, Uncategorized Tagged With: best interests of the child, child custody, divorce, equitable division, financial disclosure, prenuptial agreements

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