If your spouse is also one-half of your professional practice, divorce carries significant risk to your livelihood. New York’s family laws divide property on an equitable basis, and that will extend to your business. To have an idea of what that will look like, you...
Why service members should carefully choose where they divorce
A quick internet search of the requirements you must meet to file divorce will lead you to come across information about how long you must reside in a state and other eligibility criteria to do so. These requirements may not apply if you're in the military, however....
What does the 10/10 rule mean for divorcing military spouses?
In a divorce, pensions or retirement accounts are often hotly-contested assets because they have significant value and will impact someone's quality of life when they get older. For military couples, however, the process quickly gets even more complicated because of...
What can be done if your spouse empties your joint bank accounts?
Beginning your divorce on a level playing field is tough if your spouse wants to win it at all costs. To gain the upper hand, they may empty your joint bank accounts. If they leave you without access to marital funds, you may wonder how you will pay for your divorce....
Breaking the news of divorce to an unhappy spouse
You want a divorce, and it’s clear to you that your spouse is not going to be happy about it. They have expressed in the past that they don’t want to get divorced, no matter what. You’ve tried to make the marriage work, though, and it’s just not possible. How do you...
Getting divorced when you return from deployment
Military life, for a married couple, may mean a lot of time apart. A soldier may have to deploy to another part of the world for months on end. They may serve multiple deployments. While other couples see each other every day, these couples just see each other every...
What to consider during a military divorce
Divorces in New York are always complicated. But if one spouse served in the military, the property division process becomes even more complex. Here's what people need to know about military divorces. How are retirement plans divided up in military divorces? Military...
The state of your business during a divorce
Although weddings should be a time for celebration, the reality is that this is also a time to think about your financial future. One of the things that you need to be contemplating is the state of your business in the event the marriage does not work. It's...
How can people protect their business during a divorce?
While dealing with a divorce, many business owners in New York have felt that the divorce directly affected their business. Their spouse might have been awarded partial ownership, or the stress of the divorce might have made it harder for them to keep the company...
Why do women initiate divorce more often than men?
Some people may find this fact surprising, but New York women initiate divorce proceedings at a much higher rate than men. National statistics indicate that 70 percent of the time, the wife will seek a divorce, not the husband. Why does this occur? Reasons women seek...
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