High-Asset & Complex Divorce
Boutique representation in Connecticut's most complex dissolutions — executive compensation, business interests, prenuptial agreements, and Gold Coast estate matters.
Boutique representation in Connecticut's most complex dissolutions — executive compensation, business interests, prenuptial agreements, and Gold Coast estate matters. Attorney Tara J. Galbo has more than 25 years representing Connecticut clients in high-asset & complex divorce matters from the firm's Milford office at 88 High Street.
High-asset divorce in Connecticut is a different exercise than a standard dissolution. The legal framework is the same — equitable distribution, statutory alimony factors, and the best-interest standard for custody — but the work of disclosure, valuation, and proof is materially more involved.
The firm represents executives, business owners, and professionals whose dissolutions involve restricted stock, deferred compensation, carried interest, hedge-fund or private-equity ownership, closely held businesses, family trusts, generational wealth, and multi-jurisdictional real estate. Engagement is selective and substantive; matters are prepared with the experts a court will recognize — business appraisers, forensic accountants, and compensation analysts — assembled early.
What this practice handles
- Executive compensation: RSUs, options, deferred comp, carried interest
- Closely held business and professional-practice valuation
- Family trusts, generational wealth, and discretionary distributions
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreement drafting and enforcement
- Multi-jurisdictional real estate and asset tracing
- Forensic accounting and lifestyle analysis
- Collaborative divorce and select mediation
- Complex custody for private-school and travel-heavy households
High-Asset & Complex Divorce in Connecticut — step by step
Engagement & conflict check
A paid one-hour case consultation reviews the marital estate at a high level. If engagement is offered, conflict checks and a written fee agreement follow.
Disclosure & valuation strategy
Counsel maps the marital estate, identifies the experts the court will recognize, and proposes a discovery and valuation plan tailored to the asset mix.
Settlement architecture
Most high-asset cases resolve by negotiated agreement. The work of disclosure and valuation done early is what makes a quiet, defensible settlement possible.
Trial readiness
If trial is required, counsel is prepared to try it. A lawyer credibly ready to try the case negotiates from a stronger position.
Cost and timeline — honestly
Complete disclosure, valuation work, and settlement architecture.
Forensic work, expert testimony, and partial or full trial.
Trusts, multi-jurisdictional assets, or fraud allegations.
- Number and complexity of business interests
- Executive compensation (RSU/PSU/ISO/deferred comp) coverage
- Trust interests and beneficial-ownership disputes
- Forensic accounting and tracing of separate property
- Coordination with tax, estate, and corporate counsel
Estimates only — every matter is priced after a paid consultation.
Where these matters are typically heard
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High-Asset & Complex Divorce — FAQ
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Attorney-reviewed by Tara J. Galbo, Galbo Family Law, LLC · Last reviewed June 2026. This page is general legal information about Connecticut family law and is not legal advice for any specific situation.