Guiding Families
Through Life’s Legal Journeys
You may be a successful professional, but your family has always come first. After all, one of the reasons you work so hard is to provide a good life for your children. Now that you're going through a divorce, your family dynamic is definitely going to change....
As you move closer to the divorce process, you’ll come to realize that you have concerns about property division. While you’re fighting to retain as many assets as possible, your spouse is doing the same. And that can result in a standoff of epic proportions....
When you got married, you made decent money. Your spouse was a professional athlete, so they made much more than you, and there was no lack of financial security. Since you had your child, you have been staying at home more. Your career took a backseat to your spouse...
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. If you are getting divorced and have a collection of art, you will need a more precise measurement of your pieces' worth. You will also need to determine which of you owns any particular piece. Splitting an art collection...
The ability to focus is what makes a professional athlete stand out. Divorce can make it hard to focus on the hoop, the hole or the posts. More assets to divide: For most people, the property to be split in a divorce is limited. As a professional athlete, your assets...
The decision to marry your partner is a big one, as it will affect your personal life, career and financial circumstances in a variety of ways. And while no one wants to consider the chance of a future divorce, it’s always a possibility. With that possibility in mind,...
When you got married, you decided not to use a prenuptial agreement. For one thing, you worried that your spouse would find the suggestion difficult. Your career also hadn’t really taken off at that point, so it felt less important. You both worked and lived an...
People often talk about NFL players as if they all make $20 million per year and have long-term contracts. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, the NFL is a lucrative business, but the average salary is far less than $20 million and many contracts are only...
If you’re getting divorced and much of your net worth is tied up in investments, do you have to pull them out of the market to divide them? If you bought the stock at a great price and it has only increased in value, you may want to keep those investments as they are....
You and your spouse put a lot of time and money into your home. Today, it’s worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. You don’t care about the money as much as you care about the property, though. You have raised your children here and love the way it looks. It’s a...