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  • Emotions and the Cost of Divorce

    Emotions can prevent a divorcing client from working effectively with an attorney. The client can become immobilized, experience failure to concentrate and at worst be unable to recognize and accept a reasonable settlement proposal. As a result, the attorney has to do work that the client could have done and the client pays more legal…

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  • BRETT E. JONES named member of the Board of prestigious AAML – best divorce lawyers in the country

    February 2025 – Lazar Schwartz & Jones, LLP is pleased to announce that Brett E. Jones, Esq. has been named a Board Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). The AAML is comprised of the top matrimonial attorneys with only 1600 members from across the United States. AAML members (“Fellows”) are recognized as

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  • Age 29 Health Insurance Coverage Law

    Prospective divorcing parties in New York need to know about its “Age 29 Law.” This law permits young adults to continue or obtain coverage under a parent’s policy through the age of 29. To qualify for the “Age 29” law, a young adult must:  Be unmarried Be 29 years of age or under Not be

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  • Statements of Net Worth

    Net worth statements are key in divorce, both for negotiation and ultimate resolution.

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  • Gray Divorce – How It’s Different

    One in four divorces occurs between spouses over the age of 50. “Gray divorce” differs from divorces between younger people, who have more opportunity to rebuild their asset base post-divorce. Kiplinger’s Retirement Report for May, 2023, has an article which counsels that older adults considering divorce need to fully understand their finances and need a

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  • Trusts in Divorce

    The existence of a trust in a divorce situation can be problematic. Don’t try to deal with this on your own; engage an experienced lawyer.

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  • Brett E. Jones Named to American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

    May 2022 – Lazar Schwartz & Jones, LLP is pleased to announce that partner, Brett E. Jones,Esq. has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). The AAML is comprised of the top matrimonial attorneys with only 1600 members from across the United States. AAML members are recognized as preeminent family

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  • HAS COVID INCREASED THE DIVORCE RATE IN THE HUDSON VALLEY?

    Many people have asked us whether there is an increase in divorce since the shutdown of 2020.  Although it is too early to really know, it seems to us that it may not be so, even though we have been very busy since July of 2020. In Dutchess County there are usually about 1000 divorces

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  • Business Owners and Divorce: Valuing a Business in Divorce

    CONTROLLING COST AND CONTENTION AROUND EXPERT APPRAISALS When your divorce involves a business owned by you or your spouse, or you and your spouse, the value of the business will most likely figure in the divorce. If you and your spouse disagree on the value of the business (which is often the case when one

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  • HOW DO I NAVIGATE TIMESHARING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

    If you are unsure about whether or not you should share your children in accordance with your custody order during this uncertain and frightening time, you are not alone. Our firm is getting questions from many clients asking whether or not they must send their children with the other parent. My answer to them is

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  • Life After Divorce

    Last month our post covered legal and personal strategies for getting through divorce. This month we’ll cover some post-divorce strategies for self-care and family care. Good news: these two parts of the divorce process tap some of the same skills, so if you’re following last month’s advice, you’re ahead of the game. If you have

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  • How Will I Survive the End of My Marriage?

    No one likes to think, when entering into a marriage, that it will at some point come to an unhappy ending. Along the way many couples realize that the marriage is no longer working.  Some are able to work together to bring their marriage to a smooth ending. However, most often that is not the

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