For many divorce attorneys, the busy season starts after the first of the year. For the last several years, I have posted on the phenomenon of the New Year’s Resolution
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Tax Issues
Will 2018 Be the Year of the Divorce – Will The New Tax Laws Cause A Race to Get Divorced By 12/31/18?
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Since the first go round of the proposed massive revisions to the tax code were announced several weeks ago, matrimonial lawyers, litigants, accountants, etc. have been in a veritable tizzy…
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Divorce Lessons from Capt. Jack Sparrow
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Johnny Depp a.k.a. Capt. Jack Sparrow is in the news again, this time for his failure to pay Amber Heard a $7 million divorce settlement. Heard had promised that any…
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Making the Release of the Dependency Exemption Conditioned Upon the Receipt of the Child Support Due
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One of the issues to resolve in a divorce cases is the allocation of the dependency exemptions. While the IRS says that they should go to the custodial parent, by…
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E is for Exemption: Who Gets it?
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April 15th is bearing down on us, and as divorced and separated parents get ready to file tax returns, the question of the dependency exemptions comes up. According to IRS…
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THE INFORMATION ASYMMETRY AND THE DIVORCE PROCESS: AN UNLIKELY PAIR
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What do divorce and economics have in common? Well, a lot. But today I am focusing on the unlikely link between the theory of information asymmetry – which deals with…
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Tracking Finances: There’s a (New Jersey Divorce) App For That.
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Oftentimes I hear from clients that gathering their financial information is the most daunting task they will face during the divorce process. They picture being buried in an avalanche of…
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Read Matt Levitsky's Post Entitled "Who Gets to Claim the Child if there is 50/50 Custody?"
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Matt Levitsky, an associate in our Montgomery County, Pennsylvania office wrote a guest blog for our fir’s Pennsylvania Family Law Blog entitled "Who Gets to Claim the child if there is
Read Mark Ashton’s Timely And Topical Post Entitled “Tax Time”
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As tax day is around the corner, Mark Ashton, a partner in our Exton, Pennsylvania office, and a contributor the firm’s Pennsylvania Family Law blog, wrote a timely post
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Clarification to the Amended IRS Tax Exemption Provisions
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During tax season this past Spring, we posted blog entry entitled "Who Gets The Tax Exemption". This past month in a Chief Counsel Advice (CCA), the IRS has clarified the
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