Can You Be Forced to Move Out of Your House in a Divorce?
A bizarre divorce case in Texas was recently finalized, bringing to an end an unusual standoff between a husband and wife that led to the husband spending five months camped out in his own yard. The...
View ArticleDivision of Professional Practices in Divorce
If you or your spouse are going through a separation or divorce and one of you is a doctor, dentist, accountant, attorney, or someone else who owns a professional practice, the equitable division...
View ArticleCalculating Child Support for High Income Earners
Most people going through a South Carolina divorce realize that child support in the state is determined by the Child Support Guidelines that plug in both parents’ incomes as well as certain other...
View ArticleLife Insurance to Secure Alimony and Child Support Payments
It’s unfortunately common for people going through a divorce to fail to plan appropriately to secure their future. As the saying goes, failing to plan often amounts to planning to fail. Though it can...
View ArticleGoodwill and Valuation of Professional Practices During a Divorce
Those who own professional practices often have a difficult time during a divorce determining a fair market value of their business. When considering the valuation of professional practices, especially...
View ArticleImportance of Disability Insurance to Secure Alimony and Child Support Payments
We’ve previously discussed how some Family Court cases result in the party paying support, whether it be child or spousal support, to carry life insurance. The goal of this is to ensure that the money...
View ArticlePrenuptial Agreements Can Help Prevent the High Cost of “Free” Labor in a...
It’s a very common sight in professional practices, one person is the professional service provider (whether it’s a doctor, dentist, lawyer, accountant, therapist, etc.) and the other spouse serves in...
View ArticleRefusing Spousal Support / Alimony
A recent article in the Huffington Post discussed some basic information about spousal support. The article was from a California family law attorney, so much of it concerned requirements specific to...
View ArticlePlanning for a Divorce Step by Step
As we’ve discussed before, January is an unusually busy time for divorce attorneys. In fact, estimates from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers indicate that the number of divorce filings in...
View ArticleWays to Make Divorce Easier
Amanda Trigg, my friend and fellow Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, wrote an article that discussed several ways to make divorce easier. Many people may promise to make the...
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