A client recently asked me an interesting question. The client wanted to know if he should pre-pay his spousal maintenance, giving his wife a large cash payment upfront, or should he pay the maintenance out over the course of the term. What is Maintenance? Maintenance, or as it is better known, alimony, is a payment...
“How much will my divorce cost?” This is the question I am asked most often on an initial call with a potential client. While not an entirely improper question, my answer may surprise you. This question is really like going to the doctor and asking what’s the prognosis while in the waiting room. While I...
For many, hiring a divorce attorney is their introduction to the legal system. Maybe you have hired an attorney to handle the purchase of your home, but that transaction Your and your family’s future is at risk. You don’t want to hire any divorce lawyer; you want to hire the best divorce attorney to represent...
When the New York courts reopen in the aftermath of the Coronavirus, expect them to be overwhelmed with a rash of new filings to be added to the already overflowing court dockets. The consequence, all litigated divorces will be delayed. For a faster resolution of your divorce, you may want to consider either mediation, collaborative...
As the country re-emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic and the New York courts re-open, there will be a surge in divorce filings. Even the strongest of marriages will be strained after couples were confined together for the duration of the stay-at-home orders, suffered a loss of income, endured an endless stream frightening headlines, all while...
Since mid-March, the courts in New York have been closed except for “essential” matters. Divorce was not deemed an essential matter. Beginning May 25, 2020, the courts in New York City and the other downstate counties (including Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, and Westchester) will reopen. As a result, we will now be able to commence divorce...
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)...
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