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Financial Planning and Divorce includes life insurance, retirement plans, asset allocation, real estate and budgeting. Here's more on the subject. Read more
Reasl estate and divorce are inseparable when it comes to litigation. Due to several factors the spouse with primary custody gets to retain the family’s residence. Read more
Could an alternate payee's account be used for allocation fo plan expenses in a defined contribution plan? It is unclear from the law. Find out why! Read more
This retirement benefit can save your divorcing client money. However, situations differ, requiring you to run the numbers before you advise the client. Read more
When writing a cohabitation agreement, most attorneys look to a pre-nuptial agreement as a model, since, even today, pre-nuptial agreements are far more common than cohabitation agreements.... Read more
Often, dissolution cases become a "he said, she said" fight, with two diametrically different versions of the same incidents and lifestyles. The introduction of documentary evidence to suppo... Read more
Trial court was authorized to enter a judgment in favor of law firm that represented wife in divorce proceeding and, therefore, law firm had right to intervene in proceeding in order to reco... Read more
Mother sued federal government individually, and on behalf of her minor child, for damages based on Social Security Administration's (SSA) failure to enforce state court garnishment order on... Read more
Carambat v. Carambat: In this case, the court accepted the evidence that the husband had been using drugs for a long time as a ground for divorce. Read more
District court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the mother's expert testimony as irrelevant, in father's action petitioning the court to return his 22‑month‑old daughter to Mexico p... Read more
