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Why You Should Not Move out of Your Home During your Divorce

Why You Should Not Move out of Your Home During your Divorce

Once a married couple has decided on divorce, it’s customary for one spouse to move out of the family home. This may be beneficial in reducing tensions in the household, and in extreme cases, necessary to ensure the safety of one partner and their children. But acquiescing to this custom...

What To Know About Lisa Marie Presley’s Divorce

What To Know About Lisa Marie Presley’s Divorce

The only child of Elvis Presley has lived a tumultuous life, and she has had an equally rocky divorce from her ex-husband Michael Lockwood.
Lisa Marie Presley divorced Lockwood, a struggling musician and producer, in 2016 after 10 years of marriage. He was her fourth husband after musician...

How Paying or Receiving Child Support Changes Your Taxes

How Paying or Receiving Child Support Changes Your Taxes

In our family law and divorce practice, clients often ask, “How does child support affect taxes?” They are well aware that during their marriage, they received tax benefits for claiming their children as dependents. These tax breaks can include a higher standard deduction, an exemption...

6 of the Most Expensive Divorces and What We Can Learn from Them

6 of the Most Expensive Divorces and What We Can Learn from Them

“From those to whom much is given, much is expected.” These were words from Bill Gates’ mother to Melinda French Gates before she and Bill married. Her words foretold the enormous payout Gates would have to make in their divorce. The Gates divorce is just one of the most expensive...

Why the Attorney for the Child Is Important in Your Custody Case

Why the Attorney for the Child Is Important in Your Custody Case

Custody of your children is of the utmost importance to you. Whether you are getting a divorce or seeking custody without being married, your custody case is a key moment in your life. Your custody case will involve both sides presenting their views and evidence to the court, but there is a third...

What You Need to Know About Social Security and Divorce

What You Need to Know About Social Security and Divorce

Social Security payments can be impacted by divorce if certain requirements are met. Although Social Security payments may not make up a significant portion of your current or future income your rights regarding these payments are an important part of your retirement benefits as determined in a...

Private and Boarding School Costs in a Divorce Settlement

Private and Boarding School Costs in a Divorce Settlement

Payment of school tuition, costs, and fees can be a challenging issue to handle in separation and divorce. It is not uncommon for divorcing parents to disagree about the necessity of a private or boarding school education or who should be responsible for covering a child’s educational costs....

How Conflicting Out May Reduce Your Access to Top Attorneys

How Conflicting Out May Reduce Your Access to Top Attorneys

A highly skilled divorce attorney is absolutely necessary for a complex divorce. Finding a top attorney usually means asking friends, checking with attorneys used for other matters, and getting referrals. Then the next step is to take a few meetings and evaluate the options. You then hire an...

Paulson Divorce Involves Trusts

Paulson Divorce Involves Trusts

One of the biggest NYC divorces in recent years has heated up with recent filings. John and Jenica Paulson have been married for 22 years and share two children. John Paulson is the head of the Paulson & Co hedge fund company. He initiated the divorce in September 2021 in Long Island. Jenica...

Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Battle

Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce Battle

Singer and talk show host Kelly Clarkson married talent manager Brandon Blackstock in 2013, and the pair had two children together. They separated in 2020 after quarantine highlighted their differences. Their divorce has been a hotly contested and complex process.
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