Recent Blog Posts
Emotional vs Legal Divorce
In my mediation practice I often encounter couples who arrive at my office in different places emotionally. One of them is ready to end the marriage while the other is still hoping it can be saved. The problem this causes is that the spouse who wants the divorce sometimes becomes [...]
It’s That Taxing Time of Year Again
As you probably know by now, Congress acted just in time to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” by passing the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. While there are many provisions of this new tax act, there are several that are of particular interest to most taxpayers. This is a [...]
Disempower Your Ex-Spouse
In the past two blogs I addressed a law in New York that provides for the revocation upon divorce of dispositions to a former spouse under a will as well as beneficiary designations found in life insurance policies and retirement accounts. This same law also applies to the designation of [...]
Change Your Beneficiaries Post Divorce!
A few years after Paul’s second marriage ended in divorce, he retired and when he did he met with a financial planner to plan his retirement. He set up a retirement account and named his children as the beneficiaries. He also purchased a small life insurance policy and named them [...]