A parenting plan is a document that will describe how you and your spouse will share the parenting responsibilities, as well as define who will be making certain decisions, and paying expenses, among other matters.
Tag Archive: Divorce
What is a Marital Dissolution Agreement?
A marital dissolution agreement (sometimes called an “MDA”) is a document used in irreconcilable differences divorces. It’s basically a contract between a husband and wife to end their marriage and divide all the marital property and marital debts. In order to properly draft your MDA, your lawyer will need a lot of information about the [...]
When Can Alimony Payments Stop?
After a few years of paying alimony, you might say to yourself “I’ve been paying all this money to my ex-spouse for a long time. The situation is a lot different than it was when we got divorced. Can I stop paying the alimony?”
Why Lawyers Should be Working to Reduce Conflict
Aggression can have it’s place, but often outright aggression serves little purpose beyond causing delays, more conflict, and more expense. Believe it or not, attorneys are bound by ethical standards which require us to move your case along and keep fees reasonable.
How Alimony is Calculated in Tennessee
Among the various decisions and surprises that you may face as part of your divorce is establishing how much alimony will be paid by one spouse to the other. This can be a vexing problem because where child support is set using a cut-and-dry calculation, alimony is determined using a much more subjective procedure.
Lose the Spouse, Sell the House
The easy way out in a divorce is for the two parties to negotiate and agree that the husband will pay certain debts, and the wife will pay certain other debts. The problem is, unless you arrange to have your name removed from joint accounts, you might find yourself responsible for more debt than you bargained for.
How Discovery Can Help Win Your Case
Lawyers use a lot of tools and techniques to build their client’s divorce case, but one of the most useful (and sometimes most feared) is the discovery process. Discovery is so useful that some attorney’s use it as a threat. Find out how discovery can help your case.
Facebook Places and Your Security
Facebook recently launched a new function called Facebook Places. This is a new function (active on your mobile device) that allows you to quickly post not only your location, but you can include the names of those with you.
At first blush, this sounds like a lot of fun. If you’re at a nice club and [...]
The Paramour Provision and Child Custody – Part 2
It’s probably too early to say the paramour provision is dead, but the rules are changing for the better.