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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SHOULD YOU CONVERT YOUR IRA/401K TO AN ANNUITY?
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This is an odd topic for a family law blog until I started to think about. Today’s on line Marketwatch website featured an article by Chris Farrell about whether retirees…
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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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Whaddaya Mean My Dead Ex is Getting A Cut of My Pension?
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Defined benefit pensions, the ones that payout monthly, are strange animals. They are rare today except where unions and public agencies are found, and they can produce some odd results.
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The World of Missing Retirement Assets
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We have heard about the data. In 2015, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics published a study indicating that the average worker could expect to hold 12 jobs during…
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401(K) Loans and IRA Distributions May Be a Lifeline
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As this is written, the bill has not yet passed the House of Representatives, but the CARES Act probably will be law before the week’s end. The newest federal stimulus…
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PENSION JUSTICE DONE; BUT ALONG A ROCKY ROAD
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On April 30, 2019, the Superior Court published a panel decision related to a retirement benefit divided in divorce. This wasn’t just any pension, but one established for a Pennsylvania…
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