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[quote=Anonymous]Two things: one, anything you paid prior to marriage doesn't count. Take it right off the table and don't even bother with that argument. It was rent at best. second, you say that "marital funds" were used to pay down the mortgage. What exactly do you mean by that? Because unless you are in a community property state, his income is his and yours is yours. How much did you, specifically, pay toward the mortgage? This might be hard to figure out given most of us pay out of a pot of money. So then you'd need to look at your income ratio. If you each made 50% of the total household income, assume you paid 50% of the mortgage, then I would say argue for 50% of the appreciation since the date of marriage. If it's more or less, go that route. Caveat of the total household income approach would be if either spouse was paying significant pre-marital debts or making other non-marital transfers out of income, you'd need to deduct for that. [/quote]
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