"Fair Rental Value" and "Closely Held Business"

Your Husband is incorrect regarding the “Fair Rental Value.” The debt used for the purposes of equitable distribution is the balance of the mortgage on the date of separation. You do not owe him funds for the fair rental value.

The business may have value, but the only way to know that would be to have it valued by a professional.

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Equitable Distribution lawsuit with husband, I am the defendent. He says that “Fair Rental Value” allows him to use the current mortgage debt not the debt on date of separation. Also he says that since the amount that I have paid each month for mortgage, insurance, taxes and repairs is $200 less that the “Fair Rental Value”, that he can charge me $200 a month times the 41 months we have been separated. Is he right or wrong?

My husband is a Builder/Contractor with a business that is a two man operation (him and a another employee) and subcontractors. He says his business has no value. Is he right or wrong?