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No there is no provision as such which provides for fifty percent of the property or assets to be given to the wife automatically upon divorce. The alimony or the maintenance amount has to be decided by the parties themselves or the same is decided by the court accordingly.
Separate property may evolve into marital property under some circumstances. In some states, spouses may agree in writing that a separate asset will become marital property, but most states will consider property marital property if facts suggest that the property was being treated as such.
Is a house owned before marriage marital property in Illinois? Because property acquired before the marriage is non-marital property, a house owned before the marriage may not be marital property. However, if a non-marital asset is commingled, it will become marital property.
Any debt accrued during your marriage is considered to be marital debt, unless there is documentation in place excusing one spouse from it.
Any liability spouses have to support each other applies to marital expenses and debts, incurred together as spouses after getting married. You don't become liable for your spouse's pre-marital debts, and they don't become liable for yours.
Depending on what you are looking for, yes, legal separation does protect you financially. What this means is that all property gained after a legal separation is non-marital property. However, legal separation doesn't protect you from dividing assets already accrued.
It depends on who is named on the mortgage. This is called joint and several liability. You are both responsible and liable for paying the mortgage. That doesn't mean you are both liable for half each though ? if one person doesn't pay their share, the other can still be held responsible for the whole mortgage.
What Is Legal Separation In Illinois? In Illinois, legal separation is court approval for couples to live separately and apart from one another. This means marriage termination doesn't occur, and the spouses cannot remarry unless they go through the process of getting a divorce.
Marital property includes all assets and debts you have acquired during your marriage (after the date you were married and before the date that you were legally separated). Non-marital property includes any assets either of you owned before you got married or that were acquired after a legal separation.
99% of the time the parties to an Illinois divorce divide the debt by agreement. The parties entere into a Marital Settlement Agreement which allocates all of their assets and debts. This allows the parties to take on debts based on the benefit of each party.