Property Division & Spousal Support

Ohio Marital Property Division Attorney

Columbus Spousal Support Lawyer

Dividing marital property and establishing spousal support are often at the heart of many divorcing couple's concerns. In uncontested divorces or those with relatively straightforward issues, property division can be as simple as deciding who gets the house or the car, and whether spousal support is appropriate. For contentious, contested divorces, however, division of assets and alimony issues may include complex issues such as control of a closely held family business, and division of real estate holdings, retirement deferred compensation, and other marital assets.

The Law Offices of Nancy L. Sponseller offers our family law clients the opportunity to work with senior attorney Nancy Sponseller.  Contact us  to discuss your marital property and spousal support concerns. We'll give you the straightforward answers you deserve. In addition, we often collaborate with a professional accountant to determine the appropriate property value and tax implications that will result from a settlement.

We offer aggressive representation, committed to our clients' best interests. Whenever possible, we strive to reach collaborative property settlements. We know that property division issues can cause emotional turmoil for the parties involved, and we understand how certain marital property is more important for one party than the other. But it has been our experience that dividing marital property is all too often about egos and anger rather than property value and spousal support

Learn more about property division and spousal support at our Family Law Practice Center.

We can assist you with issues such as:

• Business valuation
• Spousal maintenance, alimony
• Separate nonmarital property
• Inherited property
• Co-mingled property
• Retirement accounts, stock options, bonuses

Senior attorney Nancy Sponseller is a Certified Family Law Specialist with more than twenty years of marriage dissolution experience.

De Facto Termination

In situations where the married parties have lived apart for a long period, the law may recognize de facto termination of the marriage. In such cases, the value of the marital property is determined as the value at the time of the "de facto" termination. Contact us to learn how we can determine appropriate values of property that may fall into this legal category.