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His, Hers or Theirs

By Karen M. Platt and Alton L. Abramowitz
January 29, 2009

Virtually all matrimonial settlement agreements we encounter, or draft, contain language that provides for the disposition of a refund of income taxes, paid by the parties during the marriage, in the unlikely event that such a refund is paid out after the agreement is signed. An agreement may provide that one party keeps such refunds, or it may provide that the refund is divided equally, or in proportion to the parties' incomes. But what if the refund that is paid after the divorce is the result of one party's carryback of a post-divorce business (or “operating”) loss?

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