Is there a law in regards to the value of a property in a divorce settlement (consent orders), how it gets valued, at what date would you value the property? Ie. Can the property be valued as of the 'date of separation' or is it valued as of the time of the lodgement of consent orders (hence, if it takes a few years to lodge consent orders, the value of the property would generally have increased in that time - this would be unfair to one party, if the other party has been delaying proceedings, perhaps in order to allow the value of the property to increase, which would be to their advantage in regards to the amount they would be paid out?).
At what date is it acceptable to value the property - date of separation, or time of lodgement of consent orders?
At what date is it acceptable to value the property - date of separation, or time of lodgement of consent orders?