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Well-meaning parents wanting to ensure passage of adult children's inheritances into trusts often wish to keep the intended beneficiary's former spouse from asserting any claim to trust funds in case of divorce and possible alimony. In states such as Pennsylvania,...
For many pet owners living in Florida, a couple going to court over custody of a dog may not be particularly surprising. Many individuals consider their pets to a be a member of their family. As a result of two women's attachment to their 2-year-old pet dog, the New...
Florida parents may wonder about the best way to handle a situation in which the non-custodial parent is either unwilling or unable to pay child support. While it is true that the non-paying parent in some cases may ultimately go to jail, the custodial parent may not...
Florida residents may have heard about Rupert Murdoch's complex property division that is part of finalizing his divorce and 14-year marriage to Wendi Deng Murdoch. The settlement is waiting to be finalized by a New York judge. Murdoch's third wife will keep the Fifth...
Florida couples going through a divorce later in life may wonder if it will have any effect on their respective Social Security benefits. Current law provides that an ex-spouse who has been divorced for at least two years can collect retirement benefits based upon the...
Florida residents who are planning to divorce may wonder what happens if the other spouse continues to accumulate joint debt on a credit card that is still in both of their names. Problems can arise if a spouse continues to use joint accounts that were granted to the...
People going through divorces in Florida often find the services and testimony of experts to be useful in certain situations. Experts can be called in to provide their opinion on issues such as the division of marital property or child custody matters, and their...
Couples in Florida and elsewhere who are going through a divorce often have difficulties in valuing even visible assets such as financial holdings and real estate. They are advised to remember that some less-obvious items can play an equally important part when it...
Florida residents may be interested in the findings of a recent survey by a market research firm which showed that secret credit card purchases can play a significant role in divorce. Ten percent of the survey's 1,000 respondents said that hidden credit card charges...
Dividing property in a divorce can be a stressful and painstaking process. Even when the property division is amicable, there can be some unseen obstacles and traps, especially when the asset in question is the home that was acquired during the marriage. In the...