marital property
Couple's shared belongings
Marital property is assets and debts acquired during a marriage, which may be subject to division upon divorce.
The term distinguishes what belongs to the couple jointly from separate property that one spouse owned before the marriage or received as a gift or inheritance.
Laws governing marital property vary significantly by jurisdiction: The court divided the marital property equally between the spouses.
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
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- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
- bank accountsFinancial institution holdings
- fifty fiftyEqually divided between two
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