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After your divorce, you and your ex-spouse made a child custody order to ensure both of you still have responsibilities and obligations to your child. A typical custody arrangement, as you may know, includes how your child is raised: where they’ll go to school, if...
Divorces are trying times for all adults, but the situation is likely more intense when there are children involved. Parents who can work together for the good of the kids may help them to adjust better to the situation. For some children, transition days seem like a...
Sometimes, divorce can be the solution to an unhealthy and unhappy union. If you have decided to end your marriage, there’s a pretty good chance you will be thinking about more than just yourself. This is especially true if you have kids. Divorce can impact children...
People who are going through a divorce will have to handle the asset division process. This can be challenging for some people because of the retirement accounts that are part of it. If both individuals have a retirement account and those are equally valued, they may...
Division of assets during a divorce can be complex. With all the intricate processes and documents, you may end up not pursuing certain things that can benefit you. And one of them is a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). A QDRO allows an ex-spouse to pay child...
It’s fairly common for people to call January “divorce month.” The reasoning for this is simple: Divorce cases start more frequently in January than in other months. This is especially true when compared to the months immediately preceding it. But just knowing that...
Your spouse asks for a divorce, and you’re glad to see them go. You’ve also been thinking about a divorce, as it’s just clear that the relationship wasn’t working. The companion that you don’t want to see go, however, is your family pet. Perhaps you and your spouse...
Have you heard that gray divorce is on the rise? This means that Baby Boomers in particular are getting divorced at an elevated rate. But it applies to anyone who is over the age of 50. Younger age groups have falling divorce rates, but this singular age group has a...
If your spouse has a pension plan and you’re thinking about asking for a divorce, you may be concerned about losing that pension. Many couples plan to retire for decades, so you may have been doing a lot of planning based on this retirement account. If getting...
If one person is seeking alimony (“maintenance” under New York law) as they divorce, it’s typically best when spouses can agree on an amount, duration and other details on their own, with their legal representatives. In many cases, that’s not possible. Then a judge...