Over the last several years, civil mediation has ‘caught on’ and has become the way almost all state-court legal disputes that would have been decided by a jury are now settled.
A large number of cases that would ordinarily be decided by an Indiana trial court judge are also resolved in mediation under the watchful guidance of judges in the case and the attorneys that practice before them.
At a basic level, Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. attorneys observe most litigants have a general idea of what mediation is all about and desire it–a chance to resolve the case sooner with a better ... Read More
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"How are unvested stock options, unvested retirement benefits, or a potential inheritance treated by divorce courts?"
They are not. Indiana’s one-pot theory pulls all assets and liabilities brought into the marriage or acquired during the marriage but before the filing of a divorce into the “pot” or marital estate for division.
This gives judges wide discretion to apportion it and reach a just and reasonable division of the marital estate. At Ciyou & Dixon, P.C., however, we observe this sweeping definition of and reach to marital assets sometimes creates a false sense of security or expectation.
If a stock or pension is not ... Read More