Indian Land Property Division

If you are about to journey down the long road of divorce, you surely have many questions. One of those is most likely “will I keep my stuff?” At, Robert J. Reeves, P.C., our attorneys understand the stress that comes with Indian Land property division. You don’t know if you’re going to keep your house, your car, or even your pet.

However, hiring an attorney can help assuage these fears. An attorney can work to help you keep a fair amount of your property and, hopefully, the property that you want to keep. Whether this happens in negotiations or trial, our attorneys will do all they can to get you through your divorce with the property you want.

Marital vs. Nonmarital Property

Deciding who gets to keep what often comes down to one thing: timing. Timing often determines whether property is marital or not. And, this is important because the family court can only divide property that is marital. Most often, the date that you acquire an item decides its status. So, if you buy your house while married, it will be marital. If you buy you car before you’re married, it will be nonmarital.

However, there are times when nonmarital property becomes marital. Family law calls this “transmutation.” This happens when you use property that was once nonmarital to benefit the marriage. Most common, this is a home you buy before marriage and then make into the marital home.

Once we know what property belongs to your marital estate, we can predict how the court will divide it. Thus, we can better represent you in mediation and trial. While we prefer to settle issues of Indian Land property division in negotiations, we are prepared to go to trial if need be.

So, contact us today to schedule your consultation.