Resolving Disputes in Custody Without Waiting Months for a Trial The Philadelphia Inquirer recently published a front-page story titled “Backlog in Phila. Court Keeps Kids Waiting”, wherein they told the story of a Philadelphia mother who finds herself in limbo pending a relocation trial currently set for March 2019. While this story has certainly raised […]
IF YOU ARE THE SPOUSE THAT WILL BE PAYING ALIMONY, GET DIVORCED NOW BEFORE 2018 ENDS OR PAY MORE TAXES! The new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), recently signed into law on December 22, 2017 by President Trump, will have many consequences for taxpayers–some good and some bad–depending on variables like where you […]
The Questions You (Should) Ask Because there are so many questions you will have for your divorce attorney through the representation, there are some you should ask to him or her, and others you really need to ask yourself, before you begin the relationship and sign-on with any attorney to represent you. While the most […]
A Gift with Strings Attached: How Courts Address Gifts between Spouses in Divorce Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain and singer Courtney Love, has recently been in the news for her divorce from singer Isaiah Silva. The divorce was very contentious and proceedings were pending for several years. The parties […]
Custody and Taxes: Who Claims the Children? Each year, parents who are divorced or separated run into a common question: who gets to claim the children on their taxes? Whether you have been separated for years or you are faced with this question for the very first time, the introduction of the 2017 Tax Act […]
You’re Not Megan Markle and He’s Not Prince Harry (or Vice Versa): Even Though They Did Not, You Should Think About a Pre-Nuptial Agreement And not to put too fine a point on it, but this is not the United Kingdom, either. Pre-nuptial agreements are still relatively new to the UK, only recently enforced by […]
Declaratory Judgments in Family Law There are many ways to bring an issue before the court in a family law matter. When seeking to have a contract validated or to determine a legal right, then filing a motion for a declaratory judgment is one of those options. The Declaratory Judgment Act states “Courts of record, […]
THREE NY PARENTS AWARDED “TRI-CUSTODY” OF SON A Long Island couple and a neighbor with whom they had a threesome have been granted “tri-custody” of their 10-year-old son in a groundbreaking ruling. Dawn and Michael Marano got married in 1994 and had a relatively conventional marriage until 2001, when they met their downstairs neighbor, Audria […]
Monkey Business and Copyright Law Naruto, a monkey living in Indonesia, took a selfie in 2011 with a human nature photographer’s camera which had been left unattended. Photographer David J. Slater configured the camera to the appropriate settings, and backed away to allow the monkeys, who had shown interest in his camera, to play, which […]
WHAT IS ALIMONY? Alimony is an aspect of divorce that is often misunderstood. People have many misconceptions about alimony and often get it confused with Spousal Support and Alimony Pendente Lite or APL. Spousal support and APL are both orders made before a divorce is final. Spousal support is support paid after the parties separate, […]
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