What factors do courts consider in property division?
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Divorce on Friday, June 12, 2015. Different states have different approaches when it comes to splitting up property in divorce. As some readers may know, it is standard classify states as using either a community property approach or an equitable division approach. Community property as an approach to property division generally involves dividing marital property equally, though the exact rules vary. In the equitable division approach, which is used here in Missouri, community property is divided not equally but equitably. Missouri law provides judges significant discretion as to how to do this, though various statutory factors are