4 Signs that a spouse is hiding assets during divorce
Unfortunately, spouses hiding marital assets when divorce is on the horizon is all too common. Whether it’s because they wish to get revenge, fear they won’t have enough money after the divorce or are just particularly greedy, hiding assets can be incredibly easy to do. Particularly if one spouse handles the finances and the other […]
3 reasons empty nest syndrome may lead to divorce
If you are over 50, you may have spent much of your adult life as a husband or wife. Still, while divorce rates for other age groups have been on the decline in recent years, they are on the rise for older couples. If your children have grown and left the home, you may be at increased […]
15 ‘Habits’ of People Who Witnessed ‘Messy’ Divorces Growing Up
Divorce can be difficult, complicated, and in a lot of cases, “messy.” In her book, “Yes Please,” comedian Amy Poehler used the following analogy to describe her divorce: Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. The process of divorce is about loading that […]
Prenuptial agreements that stick in court
Let’s be blunt: If you own property or significant financial assets, would you go into a new marriage without some concern about losing it all in divorce? Nobody plans to get divorced, but the unhappy fact is that about 50 percent of all first marriages end up that way; and about 70 percent of second […]
Court concludes that vested stock options are income
The 1st District Court of Appeal overturned previous rulings in a child support modification case brought by a man whose income placed him among top earners in California. The original decision excluded his stock options from income and granted an exemption to Family Code Section 4057(b)(3). That section normally directs courts to base child support […]