Category Archives: Family Law
The IRS Marriage Penalty
When two people get married, it impacts every aspect of their lives. This includes taxes and their tax filing status. Filing married, even separately, may result in a very different tax liability than filing as a single person. Your choice of filing status can cost you money. Different Brackets The tax brackets for married… Read More »
Changes For Same-Sex Couples Since Obergefell
Since the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges in mid-2015, the legal landscape has undergone seismic changes with regard to the rights and responsibilities of same-sex couples. From tax laws to estate planning, same-sex couples must revise and conform their plans and thinking to the new reality, which sometimes can be more difficult… Read More »
What Happens When Your Spouse Refuses A Divorce?
When you decide to file for divorce, it can be a very rude awakening if your spouse simply puts his foot down and refuses to participate. However, he is legally within his rights to do so, and can make life difficult if he so chooses. Before you file for divorce, it is critical to… Read More »
Three Things People Don’t Expect to Fight Over in a Divorce
When it is time to call it quits on a marriage, couples have certain expectations – some positive and some negative. Divorcing couples might expect to get some of their time and energy back after years of constant fighting. They may also expect some financial setbacks. But there are also those things people would… Read More »
Divorce and Taxes: What you Should Know this Tax Season
As Americans prepare for tax time, all the usual questions begin to mount. Should we file jointly or individually? Do I need to itemize? Can I claim that deduction? But for some Americans, the questions get even more complicated. Divorcing couples also have to think about a host of added concerns. When speaking with… Read More »
When a Spouse Stops Paying the Bills
Divorce is usually not just an emotional challenge, but a financial one as well. When two people decide to split up, it means severing the economic ties that hold the marriage together. Indeed, this separation of assets and income is what consumes the lion’s share of the time spent on many divorces. In most… Read More »
January: the Biggest Month for Divorce. But Are the Holidays Really to Blame?
A few years ago, the Huffington Post reported that January was the biggest month for divorces. According to lawyers interviewed, there was a general consensus that post-holiday divorces are the high point for the year. To be sure, many divorce lawyers in Orlando may likely see a spike in marital dissolutions just after the… Read More »
Is a “Collaborative Divorce” Really Possible?
In reality, a collaborative divorce without fighting or litigation is completely possible for many divorcing couples. With hard work and determination, most couples can come to workable agreements without the need for extended and costly fighting in court. This does, however, require careful planning and competent legal advice from an experienced divorce lawyer. Nevertheless,… Read More »
Is my Self-Employed Ex Hiding Income and Assets?
Child support and alimony can be difficult to collect, especially when an ex tries to hide his or her assets. Some spouses may discover that business owners hide assets and profits in their businesses just to avoid paying the right amount of child support or alimony. This becomes even more difficult to notice the… Read More »
Shades of Gray: When it’s Time to Walk Away
A couple years ago, National Public Radio (NPR) did a revealing report on a trend known as gray divorce. This is what people are calling divorces that happen late in life. As the report illustrated divorce rates among seniors have doubled in the last 20 years. Research between 1990 and 2010 shows that the… Read More »
