Legal Question in Family Law in New Jersey

recevied settlement after can the ex wife touch it


Asked on 11/22/09, 7:40 pm

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Gary Moore Gary Moore Attorney At Law

A sum of money received from settling a personal injury case is usually not part of the marital estate because the money received is meant to replace a bodily organ or function which the injured party had prior to the marriage so that you are got back that which you lost. There the settlement can not

be characterized as earning subject to taxation or distribution in a divorce.

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Answered on 11/27/09, 8:40 pm


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