The Chartwell Chronicles: Dependency
Annual Benefits Forum: How To Be an ERISA Superhero
Parties going through a divorce often negotiate the child tax credit and dependency exemptions in either support or divorce court. The Child Tax Credit has been modified several times in the past few years and once again may...more
Income tax effects are often the last thing on one’s mind when going through a divorce, but having sound tax advice during a divorce is important for many reasons. FILING STATUS - Divorce will change your income tax...more
There is hope that the plague is behind us. Pestilence is on its way either in the form of a lantern fly or the return of the cicada after 17 years of peace. For the divorce lawyer and his friend in crime, the accountant,...more
Late 2016, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided the case of Curtis v. Curtis (887 N.W.2d 249) and in so doing provided a lesson in how to invest $2,000,000.00 to maximize your return in an alimony case....more
Sponsors of qualified retirement plans know that, generally speaking, plan benefits cannot be taken from a participant through legal process or otherwise be assigned to anyone other than the participant. There is an exception...more