When Parents Remarry
If you are a parent and are planning to marry again, it is important to make sure that your children do not feel insecure with your soon-to-be new spouse. Often children think that you are [...]
Living Together?
Why You Need An Agreement In one of my prior blogs, I talked about why it made sense for people, especially older adults, to live together rather than remarry. However, if this is something you [...]
Living Single?
Why You Might Need Long-Term Care Insurance A friend of mine, who is single, just turned sixty. When we were talking about this milestone event he said something that I found very interesting. He said: [...]
Your Legal Rights!
I often hear people express concern about knowing their “legal rights” when getting a divorce and realize that they are using a phrase they often hear in television ads for legal services. Even assuming that [...]
Should Granny “Live in Sin?”
I have heard of a number of “elderly” couples holding “weddings” for appearances only and not signing the documents to make it legal. Why? They don’t want to set a bad example for their children [...]
Win-Win with Mortgage Modification
For many people considering a divorce or separation, the biggest challenge is finding a way to support two separate households on the same income that was previously supporting only one. Even those who have already [...]
Modification of Child Support – Part II
So what do you do if you have experienced a change in your financial circumstances or in the residence of a child and the support amount you had agreed to with your ex-spouse no longer [...]
Modification of Child Support – Part I
Because changes often occur either with the income of a parent, the expense of raising a child, or in the residence of child, many couples agree to modify the amount of child support that is [...]
It’s that Taxing Time of Year, Part II
“Are You the Head of Your Household?” If you were unmarried at the end of a tax year and maintained a household for your child, parent or other qualifying relative you can file as “head [...]
It’s that Taxing Time of Year, Part I
“Who should claim a child?” According to the IRS, the parent who can claim the dependency exemption for a child on his or her tax return is the one designated the custodial parent by court [...]