You and your soon-to-be ex have decided to sell your home and downsize. Given that the median home sale price in Brooklyn is just under $1 million, you should both be able to walk away with a nice bit of money. Deciding to sell the home may be the easiest part of the...
Choosing an uncontested divorce can ease many New Yorkers' financial and emotional burdens when they decide to end their union. In addition, this option can dissolve a marriage amicably and efficiently. However, an uncontested divorce only benefits spouses who can...
For years, the presumption in divorce was that the children should go to the home of one parent. Then, that started to shift as divorce became more common. For several decades, shared or joint custody has been the presumed better option for families facing divorce....
There may come a time when you decide that you and your spouse simply are not on the same page anymore. You may not hate them, but you may be frustrated or tired of dealing with the relationship. At this point, you want to separate and divorce, but you also don’t want...
If you are thinking about going through divorce, then something you might want to consider is trying alternative dispute resolution. Alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, refers to different methods of resolving divorce problems outside of court. Some of the issues...
Tying the knot with someone combines many aspects of your life. If you not only married but went into business together, then your lives are well and truly entangled. When trying to untie yourself in a divorce, you need to ensure you do not harm your company in the...
After a few recent conversations with your current spouse, you know divorce looms on the horizon. Rather than wait for the inevitable, you want to get proactive about your financial health. U.S. News & World Report offers pre-divorce financial insights. Get a head...
Divorce is hard, but reworking your life after the ink dries on the paper is often the most challenging part. Particularly if you are navigating co-parenting with your ex-spouse, finding a way to make post-divorce life and parenting function is a major headache for...
No one would argue against the fact that divorce is a difficult and even traumatizing experience for those involved, leaving potential life-long emotional and mental scars. But did you know that the impact and force of a divorce can actually cause mental health...
New York is one of many states in the nation that follow an equitable division of property law when separating property in a divorce. This means that all property accumulated during the marriage is subject to division; however, it may not be equally divided in half,...
