Many different factors can lead to a couple splitting up, from disagreement over critical financial issues (such as a child's college education) or a couple simply becoming incompatible after years of marriage. However, infidelity, especially when someone is addicted...
Whether a parent has to spend less time with their children, or someone struggles with the emotional impact of a divorce, there are all sorts of ways in which life can change when a marriage comes to an end. Various divorce issues, such as property division, alimony...
Few topics in family law (and criminal law) are as socially uncomfortable as domestic violence. It is a problem that impacts millions of families, yet talking about it feels taboo to most people. Unfortunately, silence around the issue of domestic violence allows it...
If you file for divorce in 2019, a new tax law will affect your divorce settlement. You may no longer deduct alimony payments from your income tax or report the payments as taxable income. This money also cannot be invested in an individual retirement account. ...
It is always a difficult scenario. Parents get divorced and a custody schedule is entered, for a parent to later be transferred to a different location. Or, a separation occurs, and one parent wants to move to where they have more family support. Post-divorce, people...
It is that time of the year: compiling all of your tax information to ensure you get the most benefit from your available deductions and exemptions. Here is a quick list of items to help you in gathering the information you need and some sound suggestions: Make sure...
As a family lawyer, I have been asked this question more than once, and not only from potential clients, or former clients, but also from dear friends of mine. Not every pair of love birds make it down the aisle to say their "I do's." Sometimes, a wedding is called...
