Q: been only married a yr and 7 months. he makes 100,000 more then me what am i entitled to? increase of house? pension?
everytime i get a job he causes issues with me and i end up quitting because he wants me home with no socialization. so since together i have had many jobs and had to move my kids several times. house and all cars are in his name and when i moved in and married i gave all my stuff away due to him having his stuff. what will i be able to ask for
A: Oregon courts consider the accrual of any equity or value in assets during the marriage a "marital asset." This is subject to some caselaw that considers how much "commingling" occurred with each asset. The seminal case regarding the issue of commingling is Kunze V. Kunze. In general, as long as the asset was not held separately (meaning it was premarital and any accrual in value was passive or initially intended for the other party, like inheritance) it will be a marital asset regardless of who holds the title. This is a complicated area of the law when the marriage is short and there are a lot of premarital assets.
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