Palm Beach County real estate has seen sustained appreciation, and for high asset divorces in Palm Beach Gardens that appreciation is often the largest single item in the marital estate. Determining the marital equity in a given property requires a current appraisal, a review of how the property was financed, and an analysis of whether any separate property funds contributed to the purchase, down payment, or major improvements. When separate funds are commingled in a property that later appreciates, the tracing analysis determines how much of that appreciation is actually marital.
Multiple properties add complexity. A high asset divorce attorney who works through the full real estate picture simultaneously ensures that no property is misclassified and that the distribution framework accounts for the total equity across all holdings. Brodzki Jacobs handles that analysis as an integrated part of case preparation, not a separate exercise.
