Philadelphia, PA asked in Divorce for New Jersey

Q: Property question in my divorce

If I own a home and it was my homestead, but not the marital residence previous to my marriage, am I obligated to give her 1/2 of that property in addition to 1/2 of the marital residence, which was also a family owned home of mine.

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Richard Diamond
Richard Diamond
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  • Short Hills, NJ
  • Licensed in New Jersey

A: It would be irresponsible for me or any other credible family law attorney to give you a yes or no answer to your question. You need to schedule a consultation with an attorney in this office or with another family law attorney to review all of the applicable background information for the properties and your marriage to figure out what is in the pot for division, what is not in the pot ( and why and what you need to do to ensure that it stays out of the pot) and what other assets are in the pot for division as well. If you would like to schedule an initial free divorce consultation with one of the partners in our firm, please call Angela at 973-379-9292 to arrange it.

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