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Retirement accounts are often significant assets for married couples, and splitting them up when spouses part ways can be a contentious issue. While certain types of property can be easily distributed between spouses, dividing retirement accounts in divorce is more complicated. Not…
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Divorce is a legal process; that’s why most people work with lawyers to get the best possible outcome. But divorce isn’t only a legal process. It’s an emotional one as well. Accordingly, it makes sense that there is a place for mental…
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When spouses are negotiating a divorce, they often plan to continue living relatively close to one another if they have young children. That can be a wonderful arrangement for all involved, maximizing the time children get to spend with each parent, and…
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Divorces can be emotionally taxing and time-consuming, leaving you eager to move forward with your life even before a court finalizes your Judgment of Absolute Divorce. A common question many people have is, “can you start dating during a divorce?” Although this…
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Reaching a divorce settlement can be challenging. However, if you or your spouse have a significant amount of assets, the divorce process can be much more complex. A high-asset divorce — also referred to as a high-net-worth divorce — typically involves assets…
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Divorce is a legal process, but there are many other aspects to divorce as well: social, emotional, and, of course, financial. For most people, divorce financial issues are a source of great stress—whether that person is worried about having enough money to…
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Even the most straightforward and amicable divorce isn’t easy for the people going through it. When there are complicating factors, as there are with most divorces, divorce becomes even more challenging. Couples going through a high net worth divorce, also called a…
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In almost every lawsuit, including divorces, the parties have the right to gather information from the other side in a process called “discovery.” There are many discovery tools available. The one that’s most familiar to non-lawyers is probably adeposition, where one party…
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When someone files a divorce or child custody case, they are starting a lawsuit, and lawsuits involve a process called “discovery.” Discovery is exactly what it sounds like: an opportunity for each party to the lawsuit to discover information that can help…
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Mediation and Collaborative Divorce offer many benefits over litigation or even traditional position-based negotiations. Here are seven of them: 1. Control The parties get to make their own decisions. The mediator or collaborative professionals help the parties understand their options and the…
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