Divorce often involves dividing property and assets, that range from houses, retirement accounts, vehicles, business ownership and all kinds of personal belongings. For the tech-forward, another growing segment of property is being found in these cases: cryptocurrency stored in “cold storage.” If you or your spouse hold digital assets offline on a hardware wallet or similar device, it can raise unexpected questions and issues during the divorce process.
When going through a divorce in Indiana, both spouses are generally required to provide a full and honest accounting of their assets. This includes not only obvious items like homes, vehicles, and retirement accounts but also purely digital assets such as cryptocurrency.
Many people who hold crypto in cold storage (on a hardware wallet, paper wallet, or another offline method) worry that disclosure means they must hand over the device, private keys, or full control of their funds. That’s not the case.
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