The Team Approach to Divorce
September 25, 2013
How does the professional-team approach work in the collaborative process, and can attorneys who primarily litigate employ aspects of this approach to help settle their family law cases?
Custody of Pets
September 25, 2013
Custody involves the well-being of children, and the physical and emotional bond they share with their parents. However, what do you do when parties have pets that they consider to be tantamount to children?
Cohabitation Issues
August 28, 2013
If one party relinquishes his/her interest in the property to the former partner, tax issues must be considered because the parties will not enjoy the tax breaks available to married couples.
Once the Marriage Ends
August 28, 2013
The message to those attempting to fix their post-divorce support obligations in a prenuptial agreement is to be thoughtful, to be thorough, and to fully contemplate the full panoply of events that might occur between marriage and divorce to affect a party's ability to support himself or herself.
Custody and Religion
August 28, 2013
The issue of religion sometimes plays a role in custody determinations. While differences in religious beliefs may be either inconsequential or highly significant during a marriage, once parents part ways, concerns over the religious upbringing of their children can become as relevant as decisions about education, health, and financial responsibility for their children's lives. Courts typically address issues of religion on a case-by-case basis, engaging in fact-specific analysis to determine custody decisions. Because of the'
U.S. Tax Court Trumps State Family Court
July 29, 2013
Family law judges and lawyers need to be aware that in assigning the dependency exemption to a non-custodial parent, Form 8332 releasing the exemption must be secured from the custodial parent.
