Recent Blog Posts
No Pension? No Worries, Part II
{3:06 minutes to read}A recent survey found that many middle age and older people fear that they will run out of money in retirement. While there are many reasons for this concern, 2 major factors are the decline of the traditional pension and the increase in our life span. A [...]
How to Lose Custody
{2:24 minutes to read} The law with regard to custody is fairly simple to recite. A court will award custody to the parent it feels has the “best interest” of a child in mind. I recently read a case where the application of this test ended up costing a mother [...]
“Equitable” Distribution?
{3:36 minutes to read} When mediating their divorce, many couples want to know “what would happen if we went to court.” I suppose for many of them they want to be assured that what they are agreeing to in mediation is at least close to what would happen if the [...]
Divorce & Debt
{3:54 minutes to read} Many people are under the impression that they are responsible for the debts of their spouse simply because they are married. But, Getting married does not necessarily make you responsible for your spouse’s debts; Getting divorced does not necessarily release you from debts incurred while you [...]