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How Inflation is Affecting Divorces
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...
What to Do With the Marital Home?
I have found that one of the largest decisions divorcing couples are faced with is what to do with the marital home. There is clearly not one right or wrong answer. Many factors need to be taken into consideration. In my experience emphasis is centered on two areas:...
Collaborative Law Professionals: Getting To Know Us (CLP) During January 2022
As we enter January 2022 checking in with ourselves is always a wise idea. Less of a need to make resolutions but instead a list of realistic life goals. Look at the big picture of your life by breaking things down into categories then analyzing. How am I doing:...
What Kind of Family is the Best Fit for the Collaborative Divorce Process?
When we’re doing work around the house it’s important to have the right tool for the right job. A collaborative team approach to divorce is not right for every family, but if your goal is to have a smooth divorce and separate in a healthy way, then collaborative law...
Back to Normal: Getting Divorced After Quarantine
“Back to normal” is a phrase we have all been hearing a lot lately. Everybody is saying and using it, yet everyone has a different concept of what “normal” is supposed to look like now. Is normal watching your kids play soccer without wearing a mask or without your...
Divorce After 50 – Why You Should Consider Collaborative 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...
Dividing Property in a Divorce: What Is Your Spouse’s Business Worth?
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...
Social and Emotional Effects of COVID on Children: How to Proceed with Summer
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...
Working with Support Income for Mortgage Financing
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...
The Impact of Divorce on Financial Aid Eligibility
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...