In previous blogs, I have covered a vast majority of the many aspects of child custody, and the arrangements, support payments, and rules that operate in that area. Court-ordered custody arrangements have, and can, work well for families for years,…
Divorce can take a long time to conclude. In New York, the waiting period for a divorce can take a whole year. And so, it is not outside the realm of possibility that one spouse may die before the divorce…
Retirement and pension funds/plans are one of the many assets that can be split between spouses as part of a property division in a divorce. A qualified domestic relations order (QDRO), is entered during the divorce, which recognizes that there…
Spouses often target gifts and inheritance during the divorce proceedings. Most of these are assets that they have a vested interested in. Gifts can be categorized differently, for instance, there are gifts given between spouses, and these are often treated…
Although many of us understand the basic idea of alimony, one spouse paying the other after a divorce, many of us don’t truly grasp the process that goes into calculating the alimony. If there should be any alimony that should…
A common question in divorces that involve children is whether or not child support is considered taxable income by the spouse receiving the support. The answer to this question is no, and moreover, it is not deductible for the spouse…