Complex Marital Estates

Tempe Family Business Assets - Complex Marital Estates

The attorneys at the Weingart Law Firm have extensive experience with the settlement and litigation of divorce cases involving property of unusually high value or complexity. To find out more about our ability to protect your interests effectively in cases involving complex marital estates, contact the Greater Phoenix divorce attorneys at our Tempe office.

In these cases, where one or both spouses have accumulated substantial assets in the course of the marriage, the inventory and valuation problems can be significant. The fact that so much is at stake can also present an incentive for either party to cling to an unreasonable position, or even hide or conceal marital assets.

Our long experience with high net worth divorce cases allows us to offer highly skilled and thoroughly professional representation in Arizona divorce cases that feature one or more of the following:

• Disputes as to the separate or community character of valuable assets
• Valuation of family business assets or interests in closely held corporations
• Executive compensation packages, including stock options
• Extensive retirement or pension benefits
• Commingled separate and community assets
• Vacation homes or investment real estate interests
• Enforceability of prenuptial agreements

When necessary, we'll engage forensic experts from such professions as real estate, accounting, pension administration, or tax law in order to present sound evidence as to the true value of the community property or particular assets in dispute.

Expert investigation and testimony might also be necessary to trace concealed or transferred funds in situations where the other spouse might be tempted to artificially depress the value of the community marital estate. Our lawyers know how to spot the signs of hidden assets, and have the experience necessary to protect your interests in court.

In some cases involving unusually high-value marital estates both spouses might see the benefit of submitting contested property division issues to binding arbitration rather than Maricopa County Family Court. This form of private dispute resolution will keep your marital community out of the public record while providing adjudication of high quality. In cases where the disclosure and judicial determination of disputed business asset values could work to the prejudice of the business itself, arbitration or other private judging options will represent a good alternative to family court.

For more information about our experience with the resolution of community property division issues in complex marital estates, contact the Arizona divorce lawyers at the Weingart Law Firm in Tempe.