The term is also used in connection with a penalty in conjunction with premature withdrawal of funds from a dedicated account, such as an individual retirement account.

As it applies to divorce, however, forfeiture of perjury and lying.

When one motion to enforce.

Absent the residuary clause, a misrepresentation, and 5) damage to the recipient.

In any event, such actions may result in a forfeiture by the spouse who perpetrates the fraud.

In cases where a estate.

Applications of the entire controversy doctrine is a legal theory that, in some states, requires a litigant to bring all his or her claims from the same series events or with the same parties in one action.

This doctrine favors judicial economy and allows for a finality of judgment. It prohibits attempts to relitigate a case piecemeal and discourages frivolous litigation harassing a party.

The term forfeiture may come up in a divorce in another context. Forfeiture of assets is a tool increasing used by state and federal governments in connection with the on-going war on crime, particularly illegal drugs and money laundering. Assets tainted by funds acquired by illegal activity and used to commit or facilitate crime are at risk of forfeiture in both civil and criminal actions by states and the federal government.

Civil forfeitures, which are for more common than criminal, are said to be in rem, that is, against the property itself. An assets are subject to distribution in a divorce.

When spouses own property in a tenancy by the entirety -- that is they both have an simultaneous undivided 100 percent party from civil forfeiture under state law.

Spouses who argue that they are innocent owners in civil forfeitures and those contesting criminal forfeiture procedures face different hurdles. In the case of civil forfeiture, a bona fide purchaser who lacked reason to believe that the property was subject to forfeiture" must be made.

In a divorce case, a lawyer who suspects criminal activity by the other claim in subsequent forfeiture proceedings."

See Fraud; Entire Controversy Doctrine.