Division of Property Issues

Brenda Keen - Female Divorce Attorney with Experience in Property Division

If you are contemplating or have already decided to obtain a divorce, one of the issues you will face is the division of marital property and marital debt.

Brenda D. Keen, P.C., known throughout the Houston area as the BKeen Firm, features attorney Brenda Keen, a family law and divorce lawyer with more than 30 years of experience with division of property issues. Two questions must be answered regarding any property or debt: Is it marital property? How much is it worth?

Is It Marital Property?

Classification of property as marital property of the spouses or separate property of one spouse generally depends on when and how the property was acquired. The answers are not always clear or simple. For example, one party might have owned the house before the marriage, but improvements and payments were made using marital funds. The house might be separate, but the community estate might raise various claims for consideration in the division of the property during divorce.

The same may be true for retirement assets, such as pensions, for which some of the pension was earned through employment before the marriage and some was earned through employment during the marriage. Additional pension rights are likely to result from continued employment after the divorce.

Female divorce attorney, Brenda Keen, has extensive experience handling division of property issues in Houston, including classification of property issues. With more than 30 years of experience handling hundreds of family law matters, there is an excellent chance she has handled a property dispute similar to yours.

How Much Is It Worth?

This is a valuation issue. The value of some property, such as publicly traded stocks or bonds, is easy to identify. Other assets, such as a professional practice or interest in a partnership or closed corporation, are more difficult to value.

Other property that is difficult to value:

• Retirement assets, such as pensions and 401(k) plans
• Employment benefits, including executive compensation [link to: Employment Benefits and Executive Compensation ]
• Stock options
• Non-qualified retirement and benefit plans
• Insurance policies
• Real estate
• Collectibles
• Business interests

Regardless of whether you have a classification issue or a valuation issue, female divorce attorney, Brenda Keen, has the knowledge, understanding and resources to provide you with quality representation.

For additional information about us and the quality of our services, please visit our Benefits of Retaining the BKeen Firm page.

To schedule a confidential consultation with Ms. Keen to discuss your options and to retain her services for your divorce or division of property matter, please call us at (713) 972-1320 or fill out our intake form and we will contact you.