Minnesota law categorizes property as marital or non-marital. Marital property is usually divided equally while non-marital property is allocated entirely to the party who maintains the non-marital interest. Non-marital property involves the interest a party has in property accumulated prior to a marriage or property received as a gift or inheritence by one spouse, individually, during a marriage. Marital property involves any property that the parties accumulate during their marriage, including home equity, retirement assets, business interests, bank accounts, investments, motor vehicles and other property of value. In order to ascertain the value of property, experts are typically « Continue »

Holly Laiti has yet to speak publicly, but sources indicate that the 29 year old Idaho resident is the second winner in the second-largest mega-millions jackpot in its history. One interesting twist? Her estranged husband has been arrested nearly a dozen times, and convicted of offenses such as domestic assault, drug possession and providing alcohol to a minor. That's not where the story ends. "Estranged" is not a legally operative term. "Divorced" is. The couple, apparently, have not dissolved their marriage, despite living apart for an extended period of time. The result? Josh Laiti, Holly's husband, is the country's newest millionaire - to the tune of 40 million big ones - despite the « Continue »