May 15, 2012

Summers v. Summers: Personal Injury Settlements, Gifts and Engagement Rings in a Pennsylvania Divorce

In Summers v. Summers, the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas held that a personal injury settlement is marital property when the injury happened and the money was received during the marriage. The court also treated the increase in value of land one spouse received as a gift as marital property, and divided both equally. […]