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The Congress simplified securing health insurance benefits for children of divorcing parents through a form called the National Medical Support Notice. Read more
Child Support Guidelines include a fair standard of support for children for benefitting from the financial means of both spouses after separation. Read more
In Florida civil contempt proceedings in family support matters, the court must find a valid order of support, a failure to pay the ordered support, etc. Read more
To double-dip or not to double-dip? The question arises when a spouse equalizes an asset and later, there is an income inclusion arising from the same asset. Read more
Divorce courts will generally consider a number of factors in determining how much child support or alimony that one spouse should pay to the other Read more
The tax law is complicated, far too complicated in fact. As it is, we tend to see things as we want and not as they really are and remember things differently than we thought we saw them. Th... Read more
I filed jointly, the tax returns of divorcing couples will produce a lower combined tax liability than will two married filing separate returns. Read more
Valuation, alimony and double dipping are all parts of a divorce—constituting a riddle for judges and lawyers, engaged in an equitable division of assets. Read more
"The payor (former husband) will not deduct the alimony payments so that the payee (former wife) may then exclude the payments from gross income." Read more
This article, and the subsequent two installments, will explore what SBP is, how much it costs, who pays for it, how to protect the non-military spouse, and how to adjust the benefit amount. Read more
