The lawyer spoke about the division of property after the divorce

Honored Lawyer of Russia Ivan Solovyov spoke on Tuesday, July 1, about the property that is divided after the divorce.

"The property that belonged to each of the spouses before marriage, as well as the property received by one of the spouses during marriage as a gift, inheritance or other gratuitous transactions, is his property," the expert said in an interview with RT.

The lawyer clarified that the property is divided, which was jointly acquired during the marriage period, specified in the marriage contract or a notarized agreement on the division of property.

"This includes the income of each spouse from work, entrepreneurial activity and the results of intellectual activity, pensions, benefits received by them, as well as other monetary payments that do not have a special purpose (amounts of financial assistance, amounts paid in compensation for disability due to injury or other damage to health, and others)," said Solovyov.

Common property also includes movable and immovable things acquired at the expense of common income, securities, shares, deposits, equity interests made in credit institutions or other commercial organizations, as well as any other property acquired by spouses during marriage.

If there is a dispute, the division of property is carried out in court. The court may recognize the property acquired by each of the spouses during their separation upon termination of family relations as the property of each of them.

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On the same day, the judicial board for civil Cases of the Supreme Court of Russia issued the following definition: in case of divorce, the spouse will not be able to claim half of the apartment bought by his former partner before marriage. 360.ru . At the same time, he will receive the right to sue his contribution to its purchase, it is specified on the website. kp.ru .

Earlier, on April 2, Izvestia wrote that the Supreme Court did not recognize jointly acquired property purchased in a civil marriage. In this case, it only matters who was the official owner.

In Russia, a marriage concluded only in registry offices is recognized, and the rights and obligations of spouses, among which property rights are listed, begin to take effect from the day of registration, Regnum news agency clarifies.