The impact of realistic estrangement on child custody matters
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Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 7 - Invisible Scars: The Impact of Coercive Control on Children
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 6 - Reshaping Your Legacy: Estate Planning After Your Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 5 - Parallel Proceedings: The Intersection of Criminal Law and Family Law
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 4 - Splitting Costs: Forensic Accounting in Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 2 - Mortgage Mastery: Charting a Financial Course Post-Divorce
Life After Love Gone Wrong Podcast: Season 3, Episode 1 - The Truth Behind Coercive Control
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 8 - Narcissism and Parental Alienation Talk
Let's Talk About the Anatomy of a Prenuptial Agreement
Let's Talk About Easy Divorces
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 7 - Custody Evaluation Talk
Once Removed Episode 12: SLATs and the Case of McKim vs. McKim
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 6 - “Let’s Gett Serious” Talk
Let's Talk Your Fault or Mine: The Process of No-Fault Divorce
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 5 - Matchmaking Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 4 - Financial Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 3 - Intimacy Talk
Jewish Divorce Talk: Episode 2 - Sexual Abuse Prevention Talk
Let's Talk About Taxes and Divorce
The post-Labor Day surge in family law cases comes with many questions, including concerns about upcoming holidays, and whether a divorce will be finalized by year-end. For some, the imminent tax extension deadline for...more
The beauty of studying history is that it some times sews together a credible narrative. We have written a fair amount about America’s anxiety, both financial and political. But today’s podcast, an interview with Michael...more
Married people who file their taxes jointly typically choose this option because of its tax advantages. But when a spouse commits a misdeed, you’re still jointly and severally responsible for the payment of taxes. ...more
If you are involved in a case where your spouse owns an interest in a small business, one of the issues you and your lawyer will grapple with is whether the books and records of that business adequately portray its revenue...more
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
Yes, it’s January which means that accountants all across America are locking into their space capsules for launch into orbit where they will prepare countless returns due on April 15 for TY 2023 and then gently parachute...more
Modern day divorce brings us assets in many forms and many of them are “pregnant” with tax consequence when they are divided. In almost all cases, couples who can’t agree on much do tend to acknowledge that money they have...more
We are reading a lot about if, when, and how people who have conventional IRA accounts should be evaluating whether to convert them to Roth accounts. For those who don’t live in this world, let’s take a minute to bring you...more
It’s almost too simple. Every year at Christmas or Hannukah or Kwanzaa the family gathers around the tree or the seven or nine candles and celebrates the season of giving by making the annual tax-exempt gifts. These are the...more
The definition of “income” for purposes of paying spousal or child support would seem to have been resolved decades ago. In 1985 when Pennsylvania passed its statute defining “income” it adopted a definition that essentially...more
We just saw an article published in Marketwatch (a Dow Jones electronic publication) where an executive confesses to have $100,000 in gambling debt on credit cards his spouse knows nothing about. Suffice to say there is no...more
As the 2022 tax season kicks off, there are important issues that divorcing parties must consider. First, it is always more beneficial to the family unit for the parties to file taxes married filing jointly. Not only does...more
Tax filing status is a common question asked of divorce attorneys like me and my colleagues – especially toward the end of the year. That said, while this is a popular question, this could be the shortest blog in history...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
We all know the French proverb; the more things change the more they stay the same. It has a place in the current controversy over the sudden collapse of Mt. Gox, Bitcoin’s leading dealer. Bitcoin is a virtual or...more
On February 16, 2021, the IRS announced that all legally permitted first and second-round Economic Impact Payments (also known as “stimulus payments” or “stimulus checks”) have been issued. Beginning in April 2020, the IRS...more
We have recently had inquiries about foreclosures. Given the current economic climate, this is probably going to become more common. The good news is that home prices are up, particularly in the Philadelphia suburbs. But for...more
Do you or your spouse have cryptocurrency? Did it exist during the marriage? Do you know how the cryptocurrency will be addressed in your divorce? Is it income? Is it an asset?...more
When going through a divorce, the deadline for filing a tax deadline can come. When parties are married, most ordinarily file a joint tax return unless they are living separate and apart. ...more
The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 eliminated the tax deduction previously allowed for alimony payments effective January 1, 2019. This meant that alimony payments made pursuant to an agreement executed after December 31, 2018...more
August 2019 Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts AFRs - Important federal interest rates continued to drop for August 2019. The August...more
In This Issue: - Expiration date: IRS provides estate tax protection against sunsetting TCJA provisions - A Crummey trust may sound pretty good - A second walk down the aisle can complicate estate planning -...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) did away with the long-standing provision allowing for deductions of alimony payments by the payor. Specifically, the TCJA adopted the prior definition of “alimony and separate...more
December Interest Rates for GRATs, Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts, Intra-Family Loans and Split Interest Charitable Trusts - Important federal interest rates continue to rise. The December applicable federal rate...more
You probably already know that employers are required to honor qualified domestic relations orders (commonly referred to as “QDROs”) regarding the division of qualified retirement plan benefits (such as 401(k) balances) when...more