High net worth New York divorces are often battles of documents, often at the expense of the concept of verasimillitude. In the jargon of the 12 step programs, "how it works" in New York high net worth divorce is that all property...
The digital age has exponentially increased the divorce lawyer's capacity (and obligation) to gather factual evidence. We now have social media websites, and various other forms of computer-related research information at our fingertips. Credit...
Experienced divorce lawyers are all too familiar with the tribal and " Hatfields and McCoys" nature of child custody cases. The Appellate Division First Department decision in Gottlieb v, Gottlieb (March 24, 2016 ) adds a Shakespearian measure of mercy to a very...
Some New York residents who are in unhappy marriages in which finances are an issue may want to file for both divorce and for bankruptcy protection. Since these two separate types of cases can have major effects on one another, it is important for people to understand...
New York couples who are facing the end of their marriages may also have to deal with the possibility that one spouse may be concealing assets from the other. In a high asset divorce, there may be more places to hide these assets because the complexities of the...
Sometimes, New York judges order the party who is responsible for paying child support to have a life insurance policy on him or her that will provide proceeds to the custodial parent if he or she dies. However, most courts have not thought of the possibility of the...
As the baby boomer generation hits and surpasses age 50, an increasing number are choosing to divorce in New York as well as across the rest of the country. For this age group, an important consideration is how their divorces might affect their retirement accounts,...
When a relationship begins to fail, they say trust is the first causality. And with trust gone, in an age of mobile digital devices, there's an app for that. As more and more of people's lives are encompassed and controlled by their smartphones, they have become a...
Previous generations of those over age 60 rarely divorced. It simply was not done. For religious, cultural and societal reason divorce among grandparents was virtually unheard. No longer. Recent studies, in part begun by the ending of Al and Tipper Gore's marriage,...
How can a New York individual have financial security after a divorce? Some people may have concerns that a divorce could leave them financially unstable and/or strapped with debt that was jointly accumulated. However, when a couple approaches divorce with the goal of...
