We were consulted recently by a personal representative of an estate concerning the decedent’s death beneficiary of his 401(K) retirement plan. The decedent had married before ERISA became law, but
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IT TURNS OUT THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS DOES AFFECT DIVORCE AGREEMENTS.
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A panel decision of the Pennsylvania Superior Court on December 23, 2014 informs us that despite recent decisions refusing statute of limitation defenses in actions to enforce property settlement agreements, …
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HOW BOILERPLATE CAN ‘BOIL OVER’
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Most domestic relations practitioners have fairly standard agreement clauses which they are comfortable with and use day in and day out in the preparation of property settlement agreements. We have …
Fraud or Foolishness: Ex-Husband Using Madoff as Excuse to Invalidate Divorce Settlement.
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Following up on Mark Ashton’s “celebrity” themed blog entry on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership, another high profile individual is having a residual effect on divorces: Bernie Madoff.
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THE NEW (OLD) WORLD OF DIVORCE FINANCE
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Like many others our client recently lost his job in the Fall. Realizing that he was not going to quickly replace it in the industry he was trained in, he …