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Divorce Property Division

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: How Is Property Divided?

Brahm D. Siegel | Posted 03.16.2012 | Canada Living
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Brahm D. Siegel

"Getting half" is not the way it works. Instead, a one-time payment is made in order to equalize the difference between the spouses' increases in their net worth from marriage to separation. That is very different from halving everything.

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Ask a Divorce Lawyer: What Is a Beneficial Interest in Property?

Brahm D. Siegel | Posted 01.20.2012 | Canada Living
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Brahm D. Siegel

Q: Can you explain the difference between a "legal" interest in property vs. a "beneficial" one? My lawyer has mentioned this a few times and says it's important to my case, but I'm too embarrassed to tell him I just don't get it.

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