Your divorce will be one of the most challenging financial events you endure. This will be especially true if you and your spouse had a significant income disparity. And it will be even more so if they were your household’s sole earner. In either case, you will likely...
The Experience To Protect Your Rights
The Experience To Protect Your Rights
Divorce
Preparation is key if you’re divorcing later in life
As we age, we tend to take stock of our situation. For some couples, this leads to the realization that they aren’t happy living with one another. Your goals may have changed. Perhaps you’ve experienced a shift in your philosophical outlook. Whatever your reasons may...
Tips for communicating with difficult ex after divorce
When you have children and separate from your ex, there are ways you must still coordinate your schedule and life with one another. This can be difficult to do given how your marriage ended, as cooperating with an you’ve drifted from or have argued with one too many...
Retirement Savings Sometimes A Casualty Of Divorce
People in Michigan and throughout the United States have experienced several periods of economic hardship over the past dozen years or so. The Great Recession and housing crisis that began in 2008 forced many people to deplete their savings in a difficult job market...
Divorce In The Time Of Covid-19
The year 2020 has been, to put it mildly, difficult (and it’s only half over). One of the most widespread challenges all Americans are facing is the threat of Covid-19 and the stress brought on by the stay-at-home orders issued in most states. Even if you were in...
What happens to airline miles and travel points after divorce?
Nowadays, it seems like every airline, hotel, booking service and excursion program has a loyalty program. If you and your spouse travel frequently, you may love taking advantage of travel points. After all, good loyalty programs can save you a considerable amount...
How do the new tax law changes affect alimony payments?
Michigan residents may do well to learn how the changes made by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 may affect them during a divorce. As reported by Kiplinger, the 2017 TC&JA eliminated some common tax deductions, including court-ordered alimony from divorce...
Who gets the family pet in a Michigan divorce?
Getting a divorce means you need to deal with a lot of tough decisions, like who keeps the family home or gets to be the custodial parent. But there is also something else you need to consider – who gets the family pet? For many people, pets are truly members of the...