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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.

How does divorce impact social security benefits?

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 7/1/2024

A “gray divorce” generally refers to spouses divorcing later in life, usually after decades of marriage. A common question that comes up within this group of individuals pertains to how a divorce may impact a spouse’s social...more

Special Considerations For Divorces Involving Middle-Aged And Older Americans: Part 2

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 4/7/2022

PART 2: DIVISION OF ASSETS AND DEBTS, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, AND ESTATE PLANNING MATTERS - As discussed in Part One of our two-part series detailing the social phenomenon know as “grey” divorce, a number of recent studies,...more

Special Considerations for Divorces Involving Middle-Aged and Older Americans: Part 1

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 3/23/2022

PART 1: SPOUSAL SUPPORT, ACCESS TO HEALTH INSURANCE, AND ADULT CHILDREN - In recent years, the growth in the divorce rate among middle-aged and older American couples has been an interesting trend that many researchers have...more

Jane’s Top Tips for Planning for the Elderly and the Disabled In light of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017

Flaster Greenberg PC on 9/19/2018

Last week, my colleague, Steven Sacharow, Esquire, an outstanding and personable attorney who limits his practice to family law, adoptions, and “corporate divorces,” and I, co-presented a seminar addressing how the new...more

Divorcing During Your Senior Years

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP on 7/27/2015

Although the law governs the divorce process in general, no two divorces will be the same. This is because all divorces come with their own unique set of factors that are specific to the couple seeking the divorce....more

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