If you have decided to divorce your spouse, you might worry about your ability to support yourself after your marriage ends. This is probably especially true if you opted to stay home and raise children while your soon-to-be ex-spouse worked and earned money. Luckily,...





Alimony/spousal Support
3 good reasons to consider lump-sum alimony
If you are going through a divorce, you might have some well-founded fears about being able to support yourself financially on a single income. This is where alimony can be helpful. Indeed, provided you qualify for it, alimony can help you maintain your current...
Working through unique parenting time challenges
Whether you are a custodial parent or a non-custodial parent, parenting time can become a major issue if the other party is not cooperating and abiding by the terms of a court order. With parenting time and all other issues related to child custody and visitation,...
Remarriage and alimony payments
If you have a high net worth and owe alimony after recently ending your marriage or you receive payments from your former spouse, it is vital to have a clear understanding of various legal issues related to spousal support. For example, you need to recognize that...
What do you know about lowering taxes and alimony deductions?
Because you and your current spouse completed your divorce after 2018, you must understand how current tax laws affect your alimony payment. Payors no longer deduct tax payments, and recipients no longer pay taxes on payments. Forbes offers tips for minimizing your...
Key points concerning Michigan spousal support (alimony)
It is of course not uniformly the case that divorcing Michigan spouses exit their marriages on a financially equal footing. Notwithstanding that state law mandates a fair division of assets between splitting partners, one divorcing spouse sometimes has a financial...
Alimony debate persistent and broadly focused
Some areas of the law are relatively static and often rigidly applied. Other legal subject matter is more fluid and complex, with ample doses of judicial discretion mixing in with statutory dictates and case law holdings. Alimony is a case in point, which we note at...
When can I modify my spousal support?
Surging or exploding stock portfolios can have a huge impact on your financial outlook. During a boom, you may feel your pockets swelling. And when the markets bust, they can leave you feeling hollowed out. But can any of these changes to your assets lead to changes...
IRS ramps up review of divorce
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not a government agency that people are excited to deal with. Add this agency to the already difficult emotional landscape that comes with the parties navigating a divorce and things could get interesting. Why does the IRS care...
Spousal support and divorce in 2019
There has been a change to the United States tax system with the implementation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). This law resulted in major tax reform. The TCJA essentially doubled the standardized deduction rate and gave business owners new rules to follow when...