Legal Question in Family Law in Pennsylvania

I and my wife Americans living in Pennsylvania. In marriage, we bought a house, apartment or other property. In case of divorce, whether our property is divided equally?


Asked on 11/06/14, 1:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
ANDREA G. TILLIS Law Offices of Andrea G. Tillis

Pennsylvania is an "Equitable Distribution" State which means that in the event of divorce, marital property is equitably divided between the spouses. But, "Equitable" does not necessarily mean "equal". The division may start out at 50-50, but the Judge then applies certain criteria which are listed in the Pennsylvania Divorce Code to the division, so that the end result might be a 55%-45%, 60%-40% division, and so on.

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Answered on 11/06/14, 8:01 am


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