One of the main issues every divorce lawyer in Charleston SC encounters is the division of marital property.

What constitutes marital property?

Marital property is all of the real and personal property, minus a few exceptions, that a couple gains from the date of marriage until the date of filing a Family Court action. The largest of these items of marital property are typically things like a home, retirement assets, and businesses.

What are the exceptions?

When a couple gets married, each person is likely to bring assets they acquired before the marriage into the [Read more…]