Will I Get To Keep My House, Car & Property After The Divorce? | Friendship Heights Lawyer

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Whether you get to keep your house, car, and property after your divorce in Virginia depends on several factors. The court has jurisdiction over these assets during your divorce proceeding.

The first thing to keep in mind is that if you and your spouse can agree on how to divide or account for these pieces of property after the divorce, you are typically free to keep them in any way you both decide. However, if the case goes to litigation because you cannot agree or for other reasons, the judge can decide whether you will keep these assets or have rights to them after the case. The judge also has the jurisdiction to sell the property and distribute the proceeds.

In the end, it really depends on your situation. You and your spouse can decide how to divide the property, or the judge can make that decision, which may or may not result in you keeping the property, depending on the circumstances of your case and how the evidence is presented at trial.