Judie and Ben are getting divorced after thirty years of marriage. They have a limited number of assets: the home which they bought together but put in Ben's name for estate planning purposes; a stock portfolio that they built together that Judie managed and increased in value beginning with stocks initially selected by Ben: and a sailboat for which Ben paid the down payment and Judie paid the

mortgage. Ben receives a substantial social security check each month and Judie a much smaller one. Which of the following would courts in most states be LEAST likely to consider marital property subject to division upon Judie and Ben's divorce?

A) the marital residence
B) appreciation in the value of the stock portfolio
C) the parties' social security benefits
D) the sailboat


C

Legal Studies & Paralegal

You might also like to view...

According to the job description for the Certified Broadcast Captioner as published by the NCRA, there are four basic areas that make up the rubric for the Certified Broadcast Captioner. Name these four rubrics and the percentages assigned to each rubric

What will be an ideal response?

Legal Studies & Paralegal

In states that still allow instruments to be sealed, the seal may have the legal effect of:

a. Identifying the property more completely b. Extending the statute of limitations c. Identifying the notary public d. Verifying the grantor's competence

Legal Studies & Paralegal

Whena prosecutoragrees to a lesser charge in exchange for a pleaof guilty, what takes place?

A. Indictment B. Critical stage C. Due process D. Pleaagreement

Legal Studies & Paralegal

A computer programmer is not exempt from the FLSA

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Legal Studies & Paralegal