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Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.

Seven Things To Do Before Announcing Your Intent To Divorce

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC on 3/23/2021

Your divorce can be one of the most important business decisions that you make in your lifetime. Whether you have years of employment ahead, have stayed home to support the household, or are nearing retirement, a divorce is a...more

A Family History of the Smiths & Alexanders

Burns & Levinson LLP on 11/5/2020

Welcome to the story of the Smiths and the Alexanders — made-up people with a wild accumulation of made-up (but factual) circumstances that raise all kinds of probate and fiduciary litigation issues. What issues do you spot...more

Estate Planning During a Divorce: Four Key Considerations

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. on 12/11/2019

You have planned your life carefully. With your spouse you have drawn up a will and established trusts to organize your estate after your deaths. You have made decisions about the guardianship of your children should anything...more

Allocation of College Expenses in Divorce

Burns & Levinson LLP on 7/12/2019

To the recent high school graduates from the class of 2019, congratulations! For the parents (particularly divorced or divorcing parents) of the recent high school graduates from the class of 2019, I hope you’ve saved some...more

Child Support and Gifting

Burns & Levinson LLP on 6/17/2019

As a divorce lawyer who also does some probate litigation and trusts and estate work, I have always been interested in the interplay between divorce and trusts and estates. Recently, the issue of whether gifts are considered...more

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