Legal Question in Family Law in Ohio

In Ohio, the normal rule is that any wage or benefit acquired during the marriage is marital property and should be split between the parties. However, where the marriage ended in everything but name only, the court has the discretion to set a de facto termination date for the marriage, so even though you may get divorced in 2012, the judge could, within his/her discretion set a defacto marital termination date of 2001 meaning that any income or benefit after that date does not have to be split between the parties. That is at the judge's discretion, however. There are no guarantees about how a judge will see such things.