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I Don’t Appreciate Your Alleged Depreciation

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In Iowa, child and spousal support (alimony) amounts are mainly determined by each party’s income. But income is not the whole story. Parties may deduct certain qualified expenses, resulting in a lower income amount used in...more

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A Tale of Two Forums: From Bais Din to the Appellate Division and then Back Again (and Again, and Again)

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The recent Appellate Division decision of Litton v. Litton presents an extreme case of what happens when a litigant agrees to submit his or her dispute to arbitration in Rabbinical Court, Bais Din, but then decides not to...more

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Top 10 Posts of 2022

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The end of the year is the time for holiday merriment and top 10 lists. As a kid, I used to love to listen to Casey Kasem’s countdown of the top songs of the year. So I decided to do a top 10 list related to posts on this...more

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New Guidance on the Intersection of Alimony and Child Support

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The Massachusetts alimony statute provides that when alimony is set, the court shall exclude from the calculation gross income, which the court has already considered for setting a child support order.  Effectively, this has...more

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Superior Court Affirms Concept of Child Support Agreement as Convertible to Alimony.

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Non modifiable child support provisions are infrequent but do come up occasionally when parties are negotiating Property Settlement Agreements. It typically arises when a dependent spouse asserts that a certain level of...more

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2022: Changes to the Pennsylvania Support Guidelines

The Pennsylvania Support Guidelines are reviewed every four years often resulting in changes to parties’ support awards and obligations. Recent changes to the statewide guidelines for calculating child and spousal support...more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Rules: COVID is Not a Permanent Change of Circumstances to Modify Support

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Since the onset of the pandemic, New Jersey family law practitioners and litigants alike have been wondering how the obvious financial repercussions the pandemic has wrought on individuals’ financial circumstances would be...more

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You May Not Get to Reduce Your Alimony if Your Voluntary Sale of Your Business Reduces Your Income

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More and more, we have seen medical practices bought up by hospitals, large medical groups and venture capitalists who combine the practices into mega-practices or networks. In those cases, often one doctor in a group has no...more

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New Child Support Guidelines to Go Into Effect This Fall

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On August 2, 2021, Chief Justice of the Trial Court, Paula M. Carey, signed new Child Support Guidelines, which go into effect on October 4, 2021. These new guidelines are the result of work by the Child Support Guidelines...more

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Do Both Parties Have to Agree to a Modification?

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After a divorce or paternity matter ends, one or both parties may want to somehow modify the judgment. In a general sense, modifications occur in cases of child custody, child support, spousal support, or alimony. However,...more

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How Might COVID-19 Affect Your Family Law Case?

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March 30, 2020 The Novel Coronavirus crisis has changed our daily lives and continues to reshape the world regularly. In this time of unprecedented uncertainty, Conn Kavanaugh is here to answer your questions about how...more

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Appellate Court Notes

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Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19688 - State v. Lee - Appellate Court Advance Release Opinions: AC38222 - Robinson v. Robinson - Only alimony paid by a non-party / former spouse it taken into...more

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Modification Process in Massachusetts Divorce Cases

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The modification process is a bit more streamlined than the divorce process, mainly because there is a lot less discovery. Since the property division portion of a divorce agreement or judgement is not modifiable, issues of...more

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