How does the court determine property division after a divorce?
• Length of the marriage • Age, health, skills, and abilities of the parties • Contribution to the education or to the earning power of the other • Relative ability of the parties to acquire property in the future • Contribution to the value of the marital property or the separate property • Amount of separate property owned by each spouse • Premarital property and post marital property • Financial conditions of each party • Tax consequences • Social Security benefits • Allowing the custodian and children to continue to live in the home permanently or for a period of time (most often until remarriage of the custodian or until the children turn eighteen)
