What makes a Connecticut divorce 'high-asset'?

There is no statutory threshold. As a practical matter, complexity is driven by what makes up the marital estate — executive compensation packages, owner-operated businesses, professional-practice interests, trust beneficial interests, and significant multi-state real estate all introduce valuation and disclosure work that a standard dissolution does not require.

Do we always need a forensic accountant?

Not always. The firm engages forensic and valuation experts when the issues require them — typically when business income is variable, when ownership interests must be valued, or when there is reason to question completeness of disclosure. The decision is made early, not midway through trial.

Is collaborative divorce a fit for high-asset cases?

Often yes. Collaborative divorce and well-suited mediation can be efficient paths for parties who can negotiate in good faith and where disclosure is complete. The firm uses both selectively, with the understanding that they are not appropriate where one party is non-cooperative or where coercion is present.

How is the consultation structured?

A focused one-hour paid case consultation reviews the marital estate at a high level, identifies the issues likely to drive cost and outcome, and outlines next steps. Engagement is offered selectively, where the firm can add meaningful value to the result.

Practice Area

High-Asset & Complex Divorce

Boutique representation in Connecticut's most complex dissolutions — executive compensation, business interests, prenuptial agreements, and Gold Coast estate matters.

In Short

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.

Representation extends through the full process: prenuptial and postnuptial drafting and enforcement, collaborative divorce, mediation in select matters, contested dissolution, and post-judgment modifications. Parenting plans for complex households are designed around private-school calendars, travel obligations, and shared decision-making for adolescent and college-age children.

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 — FAQ

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