Divorce

Getting a divorce is not only an emotionally stressful process, but it is also financially stressful. After all, spouses will be economically independent again after their divorce.One of the main purposes of a legal divorce is to ensure both spouses maintain economic...

As January ends, many people receive their W-2s and other tax forms. It is the first sign of tax season.Tax season itself can be stressful, but especially so after getting a divorce. Even thinking about filing taxes after divorce can leave individuals facing many...

The United States has always been a nation centrally spotlighted for wide-ranging reasons. In fact, the country is an exemplar of uniqueness in many realms, ranging from its singular history to the composition and character of its people.That means this: The U.S. tops...

It has seemingly been forever that prenuptial agreements have been simultaneously endorsed by some parties and flat-out slammed by others.The former crowd dispassionately conveys the benefits that prenups provide relevant to financial certainty and security....

We noted in a recent Berdon Young & Margolis blog post a core point concerning legions of Americans dealing with marital discontent. We cited in our September 4 entry “a progressive uptick in divorces for baby boomer-aged individuals in recent...

The following is just flatly true, as financial pundit and Kiplinger magazine contributor Neale Godfrey stresses in a recent article on so-called “gray divorce.”Godfrey notes that relationships for an appreciable number of comparatively older married...

We duly note a point on our website at the proven Connecticut family law firm of Berdon, Young & Margolis concerning children-linked divorce matters that we think virtually any reader will agree with.And that is this: Where dissolution is involved, “it...

Many fathers across the country who reportedly have a lacking perception of themselves as dads during marriage conjure up a readjusted attitude in the wake of divorce.That shouldn’t be surprising, says the dad-focused publication Fatherly. It notes in a recent...

Most dollars spent with a narrow focus hardly weigh in later with material consequences. A pack of gum is, well, a pack of gum.One unusual tale recently emerged in Michigan to underscore a stunning it-was-just-a-buck tale, though. We spotlight it for readers today...

It’s “complicated.”Much about family law is, which is the subject area spotlighted by writer Naomi Cahn in a recent article. Cahn’s specific focus in a piece written for Forbes is on gender equality. Her dive down into that often debated and...