Sacramento Property Settlement Lawyers

California is a community property state. This means that property accumulated during marriage is to be split equally. Property either spouse owned before marriage and the income it has produced are separate property. Separate gifts, inheritance, and property accumulated after separation are also separate property.

When you are facing a divorce, you need an experienced attorney to negotiate for you and work with you to determine the best division of assets. Your attorney needs to work to protect your separate property assets, draft an enforceable judgment, and provide creative solutions to the myriad of problems and situations that develop during the division of property. Hugh O. Allen has 30 years of experience dealing with dividing community property and ensuring separate property remains separate. He also has experience tracing assets of spouses who attempt to hide or shield assets from division.

Family Residence: Often, the family house is the single largest asset. There are many factors to review when dividing any real estate owned by the parties that can significantly change how the asset is to be divided.

Retirement: A crucial element to dividing property is calculating the community interest in various types of retirement and deferred investment accounts. Some people don't realize that they have an interest in the working spouses' retirement.

Small Business: Running a small business can be complicated at the best of times. During a divorce it can be doubly difficult. You need attorney familiar with business law to assist you in determining income and obtaining a proper valuation. If your spouse runs the business, you need an attorney who can analyze and sort through conflicting, confusing, and sometimes misleading information to get an accurate picture of a company's income and worth.

Community Debts: In some cases, immediate steps are necessary to make sure bills get paid and our client's credit is not ruined. Hugh O. Allen has years of working on cases involving complex finances and sophisticated investment vehicles, locating and valuing important financial assets. As the complexity of the property increases, you need an attorney with the knowledge and experience with these kinds of assets so you are able to reach an equitable and accurate division of the marital property. Hugh O. Allen has the experience to discover all the assets and to provide an accurate financial analysis of any marital property.

We have experience helping many couples who going through divorce. If you have any questions for our Sacramento division of property lawyers, contact us through our website or call us at 877-825-4832.

Our division of assets lawyers serve clients in Sacramento, California and surrounding areas, including Rancho Cordova, Davis, Roseville, Rocklin, Loomis, Folsom, Jackson, Placerville, Auburn, and Woodland, as well as Sacramento County, Amador County, El Dorado County, Placer County and Yolo County.