by ellen | Nov 11, 2022 | Blog, Collaborative Law, Family Law
As noted in a recent Wall Street Journal article, inflation is having a significant impact on divorces. Increases in alimony and child-support payments tend to be tied to the consumer-price index, a measure of what consumers pay for goods and services that has grown...
by ellen | Jun 9, 2021 | Collaborative Law, Family Law
Many people today are considering divorcing their partners. Surprisingly, the group with the highest rising divorce rate is seniors over 50. The trend among this group of people is called “gray divorce”. Sometimes the divorce is happening as the parties waited until...
by ellen | May 24, 2021 | Estate & Business Planning, Family Law
You read in the paper that a local business just sold for $15 million. You feel your spouse’s company is about one-third the size of that operation. Does that mean your spouse has a $5 million business? A friend said she heard you can determine the worth of a business...
by ellen | May 5, 2021 | Family Law
I hear a common theme in my cases recently. “I don’t want to talk to my friends after being on Zoom school all day”. “I can’t talk to anyone in school wearing a mask”. Kids are feeling alone and isolated whether they are attending school in person or not. Recently, a...
by ellen | Apr 28, 2021 | Family Law
Divorce and mortgage financing concerns are often a touchy subject in divorce situations. Particularly when one spouse is dependent upon income awarded from the divorce for mortgage qualifying purposes and also when contingent liabilities are present, such as a...
by ellen | Apr 15, 2021 | Family Law
Applying and paying for college can be a stressful experience for parents. Co-parenting can be difficult without the added stress of the college application process. In general, divorce settlements do not detail how college expenses will be handled, as Pennsylvania...
