Category: Family & Divorce Law

Your Money: Splitting retirement accounts is tricky for DIY divorce

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Source: www.reuters.com   Your Money: Splitting retirement accounts is tricky for DIY divorceIf you are trying to have a low-cost, do-it-yourself divorce, it may seem reasonable to just split up the retirement assets and each go your separate ways.While many couples dissolve their marriages without significant legal involvement, divvying up retirement accounts, particularly pensions, is thorny. Doing it without a proper legal agreement could... [...]

How Tax Reform Could Radically Change Divorce

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Source: www.forbes.com   How Tax Reform Could Radically Change DivorceA proposed dramatic change to the tax rules of divorce in the House Republicans’ tax reform bill (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) would undoubtedly create additional burdens to couples getting divorced if it becomes law.The bill would eliminate the tax deduction for alimony and make alimony income tax-free to the recipient for divorce decrees executed after December 31, 2017;... [...]

Scottie Pippen withdraws divorce filing against wife LArsa | Miami Herald

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One year after he filed for divorce from his wife of 20 years, basketball legend Scottie Pippen has agreed in a Broward County family court to dismiss his petition for a split. In a quickie hearing Saturday, lawyers for Scottie, 52, and former “Real Housewives of Miami” star Larsa Pippen, 43, told the judge the lovebirds patched things up, court records show. Source: www.miamiherald.com   Happy times again in the Pippen household One year... [...]

The 13 Questions That Lead to Divorce – The New York Times

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 If you were given the chance to bring peace to the Middle East, would you also make that about you?Source: www.nytimes.com   The 13 Questions That Lead to Divorce“To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This,” which highlighted the 36 questions that one psychologist says can lead to love, is one of the most popular Modern Love columns ever. Here, an alternative take.First, grab someone you hope to someday divorce. Choose anyone. Oh, hey, how... [...]

Divorcing? Should You Divorce Your Home, Too?

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Source: www.money.usnews.com Divorcing? Should You Divorce Your Home, Too? After you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse conclude that a divorce is inevitable, you'll instantly realize that a new decision needs to be made. Assuming you own a house, somebody is going to move out of it, and you're going to have to decide whether to sell it – or not. There's no right or wrong answer to whether you should sell or keep a house during or after a... [...]