Monthly Archives: November 2016
Alcohol Abuse Can Affect Your Parenting Time
Do you share parenting responsibilities with your child’s other parent? If so, you probably cherish the time you get to spend with your child. While it may not be as much as you would like, you understand that every moment is one that can be enjoyed and used to foster a healthy relationship between your child and yourself. This is especially true around the winter holidays asContinue reading
Staying in Control of Your Divorce
Ending your marriage through the process of divorce can be complicated and, at times, overwhelming. There are, however, steps that you can take that can help reduce the confusion and keep you focused on the new life that awaits on the other side of your divorce. Perhaps the most important thing you can do is to work closely with a qualified divorce attorney who can provide theContinue reading
Prenuptial Agreements and High Net Worth Divorce
According to various estimates, that there are approximately 4.9 million high net worth individuals in the U.S. at any given time. While there is no set dollar amount to determine a high net worth individual, or HNWI, the term is generally used to denote a person with substantial liquid assets. More than 60,000 HNWIs in the U.S. are considered ultra-high net worth individuals with assets of moreContinue reading
After the Holidays, Divorce May Be Lurking
The winter holiday season has just about arrived. For approximately the next six weeks or so, families around the country will be getting together to celebrate in their own tradition—several times, in many cases, when Thanksgiving is combined with the end of the year holidays. By mid-January, things should be pretty well back to normal. For some families, however, the months that follow the winterContinue reading
Check Your Parenting Plan for Holiday Arrangements
A week from today, families around the country will be sitting down to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday together. Traditions, of course, may vary, but the highlight of the holiday season is getting to spend time with friends and loved ones. If you are a divorced parent, however, making plans for the holiday can be complicated as you will probably need to coordinate your intentions with thoseContinue reading
Is Your Business Subject to Division in Your Divorce?
If you own and run a business, you have probably invested countless hours and significant sums of money into making your dream a reality. You follow all federal and state licensing guidelines, you comply with employment regulations, and your company passes necessary code and health inspections with flying colors. Outside of a serious, unforeseen change in the economic climate or a natural disaster, it would seemContinue reading
Does Fault Matter in Your Divorce?
Imagine a reasonable scenario in which a person has been married to his or her spouse for several years. During the course of the marriage, the person’s spouse develops a pattern of physical and emotional abuse, as well as repeated episodes of adulterous behavior. What would your advice be to that person? More than likely, you would suggest that he or she needs to getContinue reading
Retirement Savings and Pension Plans in Divorce
The process of dividing assets and debts in a divorce can be very complex and confusing. Some assets—like a paid-off car or television—are fairly easy to identify as part of the marital estate, and allocating them to one spouse or the other is relatively straightforward. Other assets are not quite so simple to handle. Retirement investments and pensions, for example, present a number of complications in aContinue reading