Preparing for Divorce

May 1, 2018

Free Divorce Options Presentation Begin July 2018

What happens if I get divorced? How does the divorce process work? Will I have enough money to support myself and my children? Will I get to be with my children? How does custody and visitation work? What will happen ...

April 1, 2018

Tax Treatment of Spousal Maintenance – How Will the New Tax Laws Impact on my Divorce?

DEDUCTIBLE FOR THE PAYOR, TAXABLE FOR THE PAYEE — FOR HOW LONG? Alimony, now known in New York as maintenance, has as its premise in the idea that the so-called “monied spouse” in a divorce should make payments to the non-monied ...

February 22, 2018

Searching On-Line For Top Divorce Attorneys in Dutchess County- Buyers Beware!

We recently ran a number of on-line searches for divorce attorneys in Dutchess County, New York using a number of different word searches. The results were frightening! These searches lead uninformed people seeking divorce lawyers to some of the worst ...

February 20, 2018

What Happens When I File a Divorce Action?

Court Procedure in Divorce Cases We hear a lot about the emotional aspects of divorce; feelings are not just a salient feature, but for many are the dominant feature of the process. But what, exactly, is the process? It may ...

January 23, 2018

Tax Treatment of Spousal Maintenance II

Will the new federal tax law alter application of New York’s spousal maintenance formula? Last month when we posted about the tax treatment of alimony (called “maintenance” in New York), the new federal tax bill had not yet passed in ...

January 5, 2018

DIVORCE MEDIATION – Can I also have my own attorney?

The title of the children’s book It Takes a Village could apply just as easily to divorce. Psychologists, social workers and financial advisors all have perspectives that may be useful to divorcing spouses, and many practitioners in these disciplines have successful businesses ...

October 26, 2017

Going the Last Mile in Divorce

By Jane Cottrell, Guest Blogger Katherine Miller blogged on the subject of why it’s so hard for people to finish their divorce. Kathryn Lazar wrote a blog (you can read it here) that struck me as a companion piece. When ...

October 19, 2017

Splitting up or Divorcing? Top Ten Strategies to Maintain Your Sanity

Many divorce clients who meet with us for the first time are stressed out and imagining multiple horrible possible things that might happen. Most of those things won’t happen, but when anxiety takes over, it is hard to think straight. We ...

August 1, 2017

Getting Divorced? Put YOUR Oxygen Mask On: Five strategies for surviving a break up

One of the biggest challenges people experience when beginning the separation and divorce process is maintaining their sense of sanity. Most people experience a wide range of emotions, and get caught up in the details of their own personal life. ...

July 19, 2017

Proper Courtroom Behavior and Attire

DON’T CANCEL OUT YOUR INVESTMENT IN LEGAL FEES BY DRESSING OR ACTING INAPPROPRIATELY A British website, judiciary.gov.uk, says “When you see a judge or magistrate sitting in court, you are actually looking at the result of 1,000 years of legal evolution.” ...

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