Introduction by Deborah Meyrowitz-Weiss, M.Ed., LMFT Deborah is member of the Collaborative Law Professionals of Southeastern PA, often provides mental health services, divorce coaching, and family counseling to our clients in Bucks County, Montgomery County, Delaware County, Chester County, and Philadelphia. She helps her clients learn effective
Read more →When parents separate, finding a way to share custody of the children can be a painful and emotionally challenging effort. Parents and children suffer with separation and struggle to find a path to restructure their family. If parents are not able to reach agreement as to how
Read more →Extensive research suggests that for children of divorce, what is most damaging is the experience of their parents fighting. How children adjust and fare after a divorce is closely linked to how their parents get along with each other. Those children whose parents are civil and demonstrate
Read more →In cases involving children, it is commonplace for divorce agreements to include provisions governing the payment of college expenses. This may include terms governing any existing 529 college savings plans. The new tax act now considers qualified expenses under 529 plans to include elementary and high school
Read more →I have been asked to value professional services businesses (law firms, accounting firms, medical practices, engineering firms, consulting firms, etc.) in a number of instances for marital dissolutions in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties. When performing such valuations, it is important to consider the personal
Read more →Parties that are crafting an alimony settlement should consider the future consequences of an interruption of the negotiated income stream. Alimony is dependent on the capacity to pay a stream of income from one party to another. If the alimony is sourced from earned income, then there
Read more →As a financial advisor, I think one of the most confusing aspects of money is that not all of it works the same way. This becomes much more apparent in the divorce process for property distribution. Many of my clients are surprised to find out that often
Read more →The discussion about division of assets initially revolves around the marital residence, as jointly owned real estate and retirement are perhaps the most significant marital assets subject to distribution in a divorce. The decision whether to retain or sell the residence can be laden with emotion and
Read more →Collaborative divorce in Pennsylvania supported by trained Collaborative Law Professionals can help couples resolve common family law issues pertaining to divorce. Divorce lawyers have learned that when spouses can work together they can create a healthier and less devastating divorce outcome. The legal community has practiced and
Read more →Prior to the December 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), when one spouse paid alimony (or separate maintenance payments) to the other spouse in a divorce, the paying spouse could deduct the alimony payments on his/her Federal income tax form. At the same time, the spouse
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