Be Sure To Hire A Divorce Attorney With Experience In “Gray Divorce” Cases
An interesting article published in the Arkansas Business Journal discussed the issue of divorce with retirement age individuals. As a founding member of the International Academy of Attorneys for Divorce Over 50, I personally am quite familiar with the unique issues that often arise in these “gray divorce” cases. When discussing the financial background of many couples aged 50-60, the typical equal asset allocation can be problematic.
These couples are more likely to have combined their retirement planning and savings. Over the past 5 generations, the workplace demographics have shifted. Often, many couples who marry today both pursue a career path and develop their own separate retirement accounts. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, married couples often relied financially on the men in the relationship to be the primary “breadwinner”. This means that when a retirement account is discovered during the divorce process, and it’s distributed equally, each party will be left with 50% of their retirement assets even though they are often only a few years away from retirement. Fair, right? Maybe not.
Let’s consider this scenario of Mary and John. Mary and John … Read More... “Gray Divorce: Division of Retirement Assets Disparity”
A new law in Ohio will unseal records for about 400,000 Ohio adult adoptees. This law, 
Courtrooms all across the country are seeing an increase in the number of unrepresented parties on their dockets. Whether it’s due to the failing economy, the rise in popularity of television shows such as “Judge Judy” which encourage the legal “do it yourself” attitude, or perhaps the belief that the courts will take it easy on those who represent themselves…the amount of people trying to navigate their way through the legal system without a lawyer is on the rise.
In today’s ever connected world, what was once private often becomes public. Most individuals almost certainly have a smart phone camera or tablet device with a camera at their fingertips at any time. This increase in accessibility coupled with the desire to photograph anything and everything has turned often daily tasks into internet posts. This is all well and fun when it comes to photographing your dinner, your adventures and travels, and most often, your pets. Things can turn ugly though when this type of technology is brought into private relationships and intimate encounters.
The first of the year is the time that many unhappy couples who are reluctant to break up the family during the holidays officially start their divorces. January is often called the “divorce month.” This trend occurs not only in the United States but in the UK and abroad as well. According to a recent study in England one in five couples had plans to divorce after the holidays.
I was pondering a list of various topics for this blog article. I wanted to publish a strong blog article to start 2015. I started a couple and even finished one that wasn’t honestly that memorable. So I decided to hold that one in the “bank” for another less important time of the year. The start of any new year is an obvious time for reflection and to take an inventory of our blessings and shortcomings.
On June 28, 2014, we published an article about S.B 177, an Ohio Bill that was introduced in August 2013 that would amend domestic protection order laws to allow your furry friend to be included. The legislation became a reality when Governor