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There are a ton of divorce mistakes that I often see people make when they file their own divorce. When I was preparing to write this post, I did a brainstorm and could find no fewer than 10 major mistakes – any one of which could doom your divorce, cause you major legal/financial trouble, or …
3 Common Mistakes People Make when Filing their own DivorceRead More
I recently received an email from a past client that got me scratching my head. Here is the email (with identifying information removed to protect the innocent and so as not to divulge protected client information…): Hey Jim, I just wanted to let you know my current situation so that you can use it as …
Does Alimony hurt your ability to qualify for a mortgage?Read More
Taxes and Divorce have been a frequent topic of discussion during the Family Law Intensive Seminar that I attended today and yesterday in Charlotte. In addition to taxes and divorce, there has been much discussion of business valuations, custodial evaluations, alimony experts, etc. Going to CLE’s like this always gives me lots of great ideas …
Taxes and Divorce in North Carolina – 5 Things you need to knowRead More
Alimony Guidelines will become law in Colorado beginning on January 1, 2014. The new alimony guidelines will affect couples who have been married between 3 and 20 years, and who have combined incomes of not more than $240,000. According to the Denver Post, Colorado will join Maine, Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and New Jersey as the …
Alimony Guidelines in Colorado – Could North Carolina be next?Read More
I’ve recently changed the tagline on my website to “Complex Divorce… Made Easy”. You may be wondering what that means. Here’s the quick and dirty explaination. Not all divorces are complex. Some cases are actually relatively simple. If you are in a situation where you don’t own property, you have a relatively short marriage, there …
What does “Complex Divorce… Made Easy” really mean?Read More
The question of who should “file” NC divorce papers first depends in large part on your unique personal situation and what is meant by “filing” legal paperwork. In North Carolina, when we refer to “filing for divorce”, you could be referring to filing for the absolute divorce, or filing for any of the other legal …
Alimony. Taxes. People cringe and the thought of either of these topics, and here I am, writing about both in the same blog post. I represent a lot of people who are either seeking alimony from their spouse or are going to have to pay alimony to their spouse. The issue of taxes and alimony …
Yes. No. Maybe. To be honest, I’m not really sure. What I do know is that lots of people make the mistake of waiting too long to call a lawyer – like when things have gone bad and there is nothing that we can do to help. I’ve written previously about this here. Here is …
We have a simple, uncontested divorce – do I really need a lawyer?Read More
