Business owners who are going through a divorce might be interested to learn of a new case which further defines the issue of how a spouse’s contribution to a business can transform all or part of the business from separate to marital property. In The case of Jerry V....
Over the years, I have had to help clients whose alimony obligation is much higher than the client’s ability to pay. Sometimes a client agrees to an alimony obligation that is too high from the outset, and other times, the client’s ability to pay alimony decreased...
Do You Even Need a Motion For Temporary Orders in your Utah Divorce Case? Not every case needs a Motion For Temporary Orders (“MTO”). The truth is, MOST cases don’t need an MTO. The first thing I consider early in every divorce case is, can we get this case settled or...
In my last post, I wrote about the Petrzelka case. Petrzelka v. Goodwin, 2020 UT App 34. In this fascinating court of appeals case, not only did the court deny the husband’s request for alimony, but dealt him another serious defeat by upholding the trial court’s...
A fascinating case came out from the Utah Court of Appeals in March of 2020 on the issues of alimony and when to value a retirement account for division after a divorce trial. In the case of Petrzelka v. Goodwin, 2020 UT App 34, the husband was seeking alimony from...
