Divorce is always a complex matter, but the process can become even more complicated if you and your ex-spouse own a business together. There is no single course of action that will work for everyone who is a joint business owner during a divorce, but it is important...
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Shell game: when unscrupulous spouses try to hide assets
Forbes divorce columnist Jeff Landers writes exclusively for women, that is, with a topical focus that slants in favor of divorcing females as opposed to their decoupling male partners.In doing so, though, he frequently raises issues germane to family law topics in a...
Family law commentators opine on divorce preparation
Family law just happens to be one of those legal realms that is replete with subject-related primers and how-to overviews regarding how to prepare for divorce and prosper in its aftermath. Commentators from the casual to the erudite (some of them with no real relevant...
Obvious asset division focus as more Americans becoming wealthier
A recent article in Penta magazine is notably interesting regarding the subject of wealth accumulation and related concerns. We pass along some material details for readers in today's post.Penta is a product of the financial magazine Barron. Its fundamental focus is...
Focus on women and divorce: If it’s yours, protect it
A frequent media contributor on the topic of family law notes in a recent article that female spouses working outside the home reportedly earned only about half of the income that their husbands brought home monthly in 1970.That is, of course, an abysmal finding that...
Identify, properly value retirement accounts in high-asset divorce
Divorce-related stories a decade or so more ago might have seemed a bit devoid of baby-boomer references generally.These days, conversely, boomers feature prominently and consistently in divorce news in Massachusetts and nationally, especially when it comes to assets...
Physician divorces: Yes, they can sometimes be quite different
If you're a doctor in Massachusetts or elsewhere in the country who is going through a divorce, you might be thinking that your stresses and concerns are materially -- in fact, fundamentally -- different in nature and magnitude from those of other divorcing parties...
High-asset divorce property division: the need for legal counsel
A Massachusetts family law appeals case decided last year has garnered significant press in the wake of the appellate court's ruling, and for a materially notable reason. We revisit the case in today's blog post, given its potential utility for our clients and other...
How your assets can be divided during a divorce
When you decide to get a divorce, one of the things you'll need to do is to decide how to split your assets. If you and your spouse are on speaking terms and are amicable, it may be possible to work through your finances and other information to decide how to split...
