People often ask divorce lawyers how they do it. My stock answer is that it’s like any other financial transaction, except that the transaction is wrapped in layers and layers
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Don’t Forget, it’s the Economy Stupid! Aunt Fannie Mae Says the Housing Boom Seems Over
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It’s not actually Aunt Fannie but her Chief Economist Doug Duncan who has concluded today that the party ended in March as interest rates spiked 200 basis points since January…
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INTEREST RATE RISE MAY PROMPT A NEW APPROACH TO DEFINED BENEFIT PENSIONS
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Lest we be perceived to be obsessed with how interest rates are affecting the market, here comes another post discussing interest rates; albeit in a different context.
Although they are…
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Divorce Financing Encounters A Turbulent Real Estate Market
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At the end of the day, divorce is a financial transaction wrapped in complex human emotions. Part of the divorce lawyer’s mission is to try to gently unwrap the emotion…
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SUPPORT COLLECTION IN AN AGE OF GOING “GIG”
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The January issue of Family Lawyer Magazine published an article about the rise of the gig economy and what it means for divorce. I have been thinking about that and…
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MARRIAGE & THE DEBT BOMB Innocent Efforts at Debt Consolidation Can Cause Lasting Harm
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The report was published by National Public Radio on February 8, 2022. We all know about student debt for college and graduate programs. In 1987 student debt totaled $187 billion.
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A Divorce Lawyer’s Real Estate Report for 2022
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Divorce lawyers are not real estate agents and we are not mortgage brokers. But in any given year we move a lot of residential real estate as splitting couples either…
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The American Family: Increasingly Isn’t
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The Pew Research Center issued a report today titled by its conclusion. “Rising Shares of U.S. Adults are Living Without a Spouse or Partner.” The study utilized data from 2019…
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Investments: Are We Still Getting the Latte or Merely the Froth?
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Today’s economic news seems undeniably strong. Despite the crisis in India, our own health officials believe that we may be emerging from the darkest hours of the pandemic. Pennsylvania has…
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BUSINESS VALUATION & THE COVID PARADOX
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As I write this, the Atlanta branch of the Federal Reserve System has just announced their forecast that second quarter gross domestic product is expected to plummet 53%; a harrowing…
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