What are the factors considered in determining an equitable distribution?
Any relevant fact may be considered. However, the Divorce Code provides that the following list of factors should certainly be considered along with any other relevant factors specific to your case. • The length of your marriage; • Prior marriages of either of you; • The age, health, income, vocational skills, employability, separate property, liabilities and needs of each; • The contribution of either of you to the education or training of the other; • The projected opportunity of each of you to acquire assets and income in the future; • The source of income of each party; • The contribution or dissipation of each party in the acquisition, preservation, depreciation or appreciation of marital property, including contributions of a homemaker; • Your standard of living while you lived together; • The tax consequences of any proposed distribution; • The expense of sale, transfer or liquidation associated with a particular amount; and • Whether either of you will be the primary custodial
