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they are more onerous than they used to
be," Scott says.
The government, however, doesn't ex-
pect people will need to acquire economic
degrees to figure out how the act works,
he says.
In any event, some people "are so
romantically inclined (when they marry
they wouldn't consider economic con-
siderations if you blew it in their ear,"
gcott says.
Here's how the divisiosr of assets is to
work m a situation where there is no
marriage contract:
The key phrase in the law is "net
family property," or NFP, which is defin-
ed as the value of all property owned by
a spouse on the valuation date;
The valuation date is defined as the
date of separation or divorce, or the day •
before the death of a spouse;
Such things as a spouse's debts and
liabilities and property other than the
matrimonial home brought into the mar-
riage are deducted from that spouse's
NFP.
Also excluded from the NFP is proper-
ty acquired during the marriage by a
spouse by way of a gift or inheritance,
damages awarded by a court for injuries
or for compensation for the loss of a
relative, and the proceeds or the right to
the proceeds of a life insurance policy;
On a marriage breakdown, each
spouse adds up the value of his NFP; the
spouse with the smaller amount is entitl-
ed to cash or property equal to one-half
of the difference between his total and
the other spouse's total.
Gets complicated
For example, if one spouse has an NFP
of $50,000 and the other $100,000, the
spouse with the lesser amount is entitled
to $25,000 from the other spouse.
When one spouse dies, the situation
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becomes a little more complicated.
If there is a will, the surviving spouse
has the choice of applying for the assets
under the law, or under the will, but not
both.
This, says Wolfson, will lead to situa-
tions where the surviving spouse will
have to calculate which method provides
the greater benefit and could lead to
some real problems.
If a wealthy spouse dies, sewing his en-
tire estate to his children by a previous
marriage, the surviving spouse has the
right under the law to some of the estate.
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