The Corona virus is going to have at least three predictable consequences on marriage, none of which are mutually exclusive. Perhaps the best consequence of the virus is that there will be a baby boom at the end of the year. Couples, in love, bored, quarantined and stuck at home . . . Does anything...
Almost overnight, with the Corona pandemic, the world as we knew it has changed. All non-essential businesses and schools have closed, employees’ jobs lost, stock portfolio values plummeted and, people are ill and suffering. We are nervous about becoming infected and about our economic futures. At least for the short term, the only certainty is...
Every day I get at least one telephone call from a potential client “price shopping” for a divorce attorney. I am not surprised by this; it is not uncommon to see advertisements for divorce lawyers in the subway, on roadside billboards and in newspapers all boasting about their low flat fees. The question is do...
Your New York pre-nup may be a ticking time bomb. Because of last year’s changes to the tax law, a divorce could be much more costly than you bargained for in your prenuptial agreement. The good news is that you still have time to disarm the bomb. Historically, maintenance in New York (alimony everywhere else)...
The times they are a changing. It is now increasingly common to hear ex-wives complain about the amount of spousal maintenance and child support they are paying to the ex-husbands. For years, men were ordered to both pay both spousal maintenance and child support as part of their New York divorce. But, the pendulum has...
Twice in the last month, the tabloids made much ado about well-known divorcing couples demanding financial disclosure early on in their divorces. In both the Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump, Jr. divorces, both husbands demanded that their soon to be ex-wives produce a Statement of Net Worth causing the press to sound the alarm that...
Everything you put on Facebook or other social media may be used as evidence against you in a divorce in New York. We have long known that the posts that are actually published or made public could be discovered and used against you, but New York’s Court of Appeals just ruled that even private postings...
Hard to believe, divorce in New York may get even more expensive. The tax bill proposed in the House of Representatives, last week, seeks to eliminate the deduction for alimony payments. The new tax law attempts to eliminate what has been called a “divorce subsidy.” Under the existing law, the party paying alimony may deduct...
Huma Abedin filed a motion to have her New York divorce against Anthony Weiner calendared, docketed and heard secretly. The request would allow their divorce to be listed on the New York County Supreme Court’s dockets as “Anonymous v. Anonymous” This move would, in effect, shield the parties from the glare of the news...
It would be nice if all marriages lasted. It would also be great if all divorces were uncontested and free of acrimony. Unfortunately, there is no “perfect” marriage and a smooth divorce is not always possible. Because New York has recognized no-fault divorce, the decision to divorce does not have to be mutual. It is...
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