People who encounter the need to pursue a high asset divorce often hesitate to engage in this process for several reasons, not the least of which is that litigated high asset divorce cases tend to make public information that families want kept private.  In addition, the assets available to the spouses can make it possible for these situations to drag on in court for years at a time.  The United Kingdom has seen the same situations arise, and it is now offering a potential solution.

In recent years, the entire country has moved to a system of no-fault divorce which basically allows one spouse to file to end a marriage without having to state grounds for doing so.  The last state to move to this system was New York in 2010, and in conjunction with that change came a new statute that was designed to deal with temporary alimony, or spousal support.  Unfortunately for many people, this temporary alimony law has created much controversy to the point where the law is being reviewed.

One of the most common problems faced in high asset divorce cases arises when one of the spouses is hiding assets from the other before the divorce is filed and the property division process can begin. This is obviously done in order to reduce the value in assets that are deemed to be marital property and therefore subject to division. Fortunately, there are some warning signs that have been identified over time that could indicate that such conduct is occurring.