How Is a Home Calculated for a Divorce?
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How is a home calculated in a divorce proceeding? Well, I don’t handle divorces and so it’s my understanding that whenever the parties have filed an action for divorce, the judge takes into consideration that each party’s circumstances how the home is titled whether or not there’s any children, and then they make a decision as to whether or not the mother or the father, whoever has custody of the children or the primary custody, can remain in the house until the children reach a particular age and then direct the property to be sold. They can also direct the property be sold if there’s no other consideration. They take in consideration the other assets and based upon all of that, the judge then makes the decision as to whom receives the marital home or whether or not they simply each own a half interest and they’re then in a position to sell the property or provide special equity or so much to one spouse once the house is sold. But that’s falls within the jurisdiction and the decisions of the divorce attorney. So you don’t need to call me, but I’ll give you my phone number. You need to talk to your divorce lawyer in order for them to explain how this is going to work in your individual circumstance. Give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
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How Close Can a Neighbors Dock Be to Another Property?
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How close can a neighbor’s dock be to another’s property? Well, this is something that is regulated or by the city or county, wherever the docks or waterway is situated. And they may have a code building code which extends the property lines and give setbacks as far as where you can construct these docks. If the docks, if there is no regulation as far as the particular city or county on setback requirements, then it’s controlled by the riparian rights, which is the rights of a property owner who is adjacent to navigable waters to be able to use their property. And you cannot put your docks so that it impairs or encroaches upon your neighbor’s riparian rights, which consists of the call warpage or their ability to construct a dock. Also, as far as adaptability, so that you can’t block their ability to go in and out of their property to get to their docks or the waterway. And one that’s probably not used is also bathing and swimming. So usually you don’t want to have a dock that would stop that, but most time that’s not a problem. As well as the view, you can’t block your neighbor’s view of their property rights. And so the riparian rights is a complicated area as far as that’s concerned, whereas the city ordinances or building codes, as far as setbacks are concerned, fairly straightforward. However, it only controls docks that are built after the passage of the particular ordinance. So if you have any questions, give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
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How Can We Add an Accessory Dwelling Unit to Our Property?
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How can we add an accessory dwelling unit to our property? Well, the first thing you must do is contact your local city or county building and land use department to see whether or not they allow you to add an ancillary unit. That would be the first step. Not all cities or counties allow this, and if they do, they set forth a requirements that you must meet, such as the setbacks and land size of the property, where it’s going to be located as far as using that. And whenever we have an accessory dwelling unit, that means a separate is different than a Mother-in-law apartment, that’s where you have a separate meter and a separate address. So the first stop is to check with the building and zoning department of your particular city or county to see whether or not you can pull a permit and then submit your plans for that if they do allow it and their site plan. If you have any questions about it, please give me a call at (727) 847-2288.
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Is It Better to Keep Or Sell a House During a Divorce?
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Is it better to keep or sell a house during a divorce? This is a question that you need to discuss with your divorce lawyer. I don’t think that there is any cut and dried answer or anything that I could advise you as to whether you should or should not. It a lot depends on the circumstances of you and your financial standing and also the financial standing of your soon to be ex-spouse, or hopefully soon to be ex-spouse. And so this is strictly a matter that you need to discuss with your divorce lawyer and obtain a marital settlement agreement as far as the house, as well as all the other assets that you have, possibly child support and visitation. So I don’t do divorces, so you can, my phone number is (727) 847-2288.
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