I recently talked with family law attorney Robert Salzer on the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s “Law in the Family” podcast about “gray divorce” and the considerations related to parties
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Divorce Lawyers Facing Their Own Navigation Issues as Social Security Veers Off Course.
It’s an unfortunate week to make the comparison but it is an apt one for the very reason we saw as the tragedy in Baltimore unfolded early Tuesday morning. Then…
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If you have been reading the news lately, we have seen lots of electronic ink spilled over entitlement programs, especially Medicaid and its role in health care reform. Meanwhile, the…
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THE OBAMA CARE TAX FORMS: Part I
Our partner in the Tax and Wealth Planning Group Owen Knopping recently sent us the first draft of the New Medicare Tax Form (#8959). Although it is boldly stamped as …
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Social Security Secrets
Social Security benefits can be an integral part of a divorce case. The ages of parties when they divorce may create a factual circumstance where the timing of Social Security benefits…
RECALCULATING RETIREMENT NEEDS
The Weekend Edition of the Wall Street Journal on February 19-20 reported on something most of us already knew: Americans are not saving enough for retirement. The proposition is old …
Social Security Set-Offs
In Rimel v. Rimel, 913 A.2d 289 (Pa. Super. 2006), the Superior Court addressed an issue of first impression: whether husband was entitled to a social security set-off against…