What do I need to know about division of assets?

In Michigan, the court will try to determine which assets were obtained during the marriage and they will usually attempt to divide those assets equally, but you’ll need to know whether or not there are premarital assets or separate property such as an inheritance, which will probably have to be litigated, because if you can prove assets are premarital or separate property, the court will award that to you outside of the marital property. There are different factors in doing that analysis, but we can definitely help clients to identify which assets are separate and which assets are marital and help them try to protect what they are entitled to.