Certainly there are exceptions for heirlooms that may be priceless to you. And some assets may be so great that they justify spending thousands or even tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars fighting over. But that’s rarely the case for the average divorcing person.
If you and your spouse cannot agree on how the marital property should be divided between you in your divorce, the court may take that power out of your hands and order you to sell all of it and split the profit. Such a directive from the judge usually comes after the parties have already wasted far too much time, money, effort, and hassle over dividing their personal property. So, now your favorite chair or painting is gone and you’ll likely have to spend more money to replace them.
Otherwise stated, don’t hurt your financial future because you wanted to stick it to your spouse over the proverbial toaster.
