marital assets
Couple's shared wealth
Marital assets are property and wealth acquired by a couple during marriage, subject to division if they divorce.
The term appears primarily in legal contexts: The court will determine how to divide the marital assets.
What counts varies by jurisdiction—some states distinguish marital assets from property owned before the marriage or received as inheritance.
- annuitiesPeriodic fixed payments
- bank accountsFinancial institution holdings
- joint accountsBanking shared by partners
- artworkVisual creative production
- houseResidential building
real estate holdings · copyrights · fair share · retirement funds · intellectual property · community property · family home · prenuptial agreements · trademarks · divorce settlements · mutual funds · 401k plans · goodwill · property division · appliances · pensions · dissipation · licenses
- couple financesjoint account, shared expenses, household budget, shared debt, financial planning
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- marriage lawmarriage contract, divorce decree, marriage certificate, matrimony, divorce petition
- marital propertycommunity property, separate property, joint property, prenuptial agreements, prenup
- marital financecommunity property, property division, asset division, divorce settlement, spousal support