Splitting up marital assets?Settling a divorce involves many decisions, including "Who gets the house". There are generally two choices when it comes to the shared residence - it can be sold and the proceeds divvied up, or one party can "buy out" the other. In either case, one or both parties should get an appraisal of the residence. Contact us INGRAM & ASSOCIATES is at your service if you need an appraisal for the purposes of a divorce or other allocation of assets. An appraisal for divorce purposes requires a well-established, professional value conclusion that is defensible to a judge. When you order an appraisal from INGRAM & ASSOCIATES, you are assured the best in service with professional courtesy and the highest quality appraisal. Working through the sensitive challenges of a divorce situation is somewhat matter-of-fact for us. CA attorneys as well as accountants rely on our values when ascertaining real property values for estates, divorces, or other disputes where it is crucial. We have a great deal of expertise working with everyone involved and are standing by to assist your needs. We create appraisal documents for courts or various agencies that meet or exceed their requirements. As an attorney dealing with a divorce, your case's material facts often needs an appraisal to ascertain fair market value for the residential real estate involved. Often the divorce date differs from the date you purchased the appraisal. We're accustomed to the techniques and requirements requisite to do a retroactive appraisal that has an effective date and Fair Market Value estimate corresponding to the date of divorce. For each divorce appraisal we perform we remain mindful of the fact that they need to be handled with total professionalism. The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) contains an ethics provision which compels us to keep the highest degree of confidentiality, resulting in the utmost discretion. |