I hear all the time, from both sides, that one party or another paid for something with “their” money during the marriage—usually as a justification for why a particular asset shouldn’t be subject to division in the divorce but should, instead, revert back to the one who paid for it. "Well, it's my money anyway," I hear over and over. Separating what's "my" money and what's OUR money Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, depending on which side of this issue you’re coming at it from), when it … [Read more...]