In addition to homes, automobiles, bank accounts and furniture, retirement plans may be "marital property," subject to an equitable divisionamong the parties to a divorce. Many twenty-pound books have been written about the methods of valuing, and dividing, retirement interests. In fact, some lawyers make their living handling only the orders associated with slicing and dicing retirement plans, for two key reasons. First, this stuff is rather confusing, even to the most qualified divorce attorneys, making specialization critical. Second, many family lawyers don't wish to test the strength of their malpractice coverage by lurking in dark places. A few key terms to « Continue »