Legal Question in Family Law in Florida
Dirty play
Married for 14 years. Husband bought a business and him and family sat together and secretly put business under his mother's name so that when we would get separated and later divorced like my husband was planning, i would not get a dime. We have a preteen. The business is not doing well and they are being sued by previous owner for none payment of $. $ to buy was borrowed from family. Since business is going down the drain, so they say, how can i prove that business is my husbands? I have a signed agreement saying that he would give me half of business if we would divorce. This is the only proof that i have. But if business is all a big debt would making the mistake of mentioning this for alimony purposes in divorce make me responsible for the debt? Or can the court obligate him to give me half of what the business cost anyway?
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Re: Dirty play
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If there is no value to the business then there is nothing to get. You would not be entitled to 1/2 of what the business cost, but rather 1/2 of the value of the business today. You truly need to meet with a divorce attorney and discuss the issues. This is far too serious to try to do yourself.
Scott R. Jay, Esq.
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