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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RESPONDING TO THE DIVORCE WHERE ONE SPOUSE IS READY TO “BURN DOWN THE (FINANCIAL) HOUSE.”
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Extreme times produce irrational responses. A day ago, an unhappy orthopedic patient in Oklahoma decided it was time to kill his surgeon. He took three other lives as well as…
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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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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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ENGAGEMENT SEASON IS PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT SEASON
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Ask anyone being married for the first time why he or she should have a premarital agreement and the answer is commonly: “Why would I, I don’t really own anything?”…
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Wall Street Journal Takes on the College Cost Issue
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The November 10 Wall Street Journal stuck a pin in an otherwise accepted “truth”; that post secondary education is always a good investment. In a front page article titled “A…
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CAR TALK: Does Child Support Include Kid Cars?
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Last month we saw the promulgation of new support guidelines slated to take effect in January 2022. As one might expect the guideline amounts have increased. But lawyers are often…
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CRYPTOCURRENCY BECOMES A REAL THREAT
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In our last article, we wrote about hiding assets the old-fashioned way. For much of this writer’s career, the game was “cash”. The pizzeria, the auto body shop, the produce…
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RETURN ON INVESTMENT: UGH!
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In February 2017 and again July 31, 2019, we posted an article regarding what returns should be ascribed to investment assets transferred in equitable distribution. In 2019, with dividends reinvested…
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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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