Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Propety Evaluation

Another thing. If the home is not being sold through a realtor do NOT deduct closing costs and costs of sale from the price of the home. That is a trick used to undervalue homes. If it isn't happening right now you don't deduct it.

Re: Propety Evaluation

The basic answer generally is that most courts value the home as of the date of filing. Another major issue is who has been paying for the home since seperation. BOTH parties were responsible to pay for the home even though only one was living there. The one who was living there who did not receive any contributon may be entitled to credits towards those payments depending on the facts. Especially if children are involved.

I can't stress enough that it is very dangerous to handle your own divorce where either children are involved, either party has pension or 401K or IRA or the like from their employer, or real property involved. One cannot imagine the mess and the loss of funds that can be involved depending on the case.