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Child Support: Self-Employed Parents and Hidden Income
In the United States, child support calculations are very much dependent on the parents’ income. While calculating the income of W2 employees is basically a straightforward process, doing so with self-employed parents can be a lot more complicated. A number of self-employed parents attempt to minimize their income and hide income in their businesses in … Continue reading
Wife Sues Husband For Hiding Assets Acquired Illegally
An executive’s estranged wife will sue her husband in federal court. According to the wife, he was involved in a fraud to obliterate a financial services company, and was hiding assets from her in the Cayman Islands. The couple married in 1989, before the husband became a hedge-fund executive who made at least $40 million … Continue reading
Cruise and Holmes Divorce Now Officially Closed
Filed court records in a New York City court indicated that the Cruise-Holmes high-profile divorce case is now officially closed. Millions of people from all over the world have been glued to all news related to the divorce of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise who have been married for five years. The superstar couple married … Continue reading
North Carolina Resident Charged With Bigamy
A man from Jacksonville, North Carolina was recently charged with bigamy (also known as polygamy) soon after his first wife called the police and turned him in. According to reports, the man was arrested for being married to two different women at the same time. After some research, marriage records at the county’s register of … Continue reading
Child actors turned adult lawyers | Movie Talk – Yahoo! Movies
Child actors turned adult lawyers By Michael Krumboltz | Movie Talk – Sat, Jun 23, 2012 5:35 PM EDT Many assume that any former child actor who is no longer in the public eye must be a complete and total mess. That assumption may be depressingly accurate much of the time, but it doesn’t apply to Jeff … Continue reading
Is Sex to Blame for Cheating?
The Number One Reason People Cheat Is? (Hint: It is Not Sex) Many marriages end in divorce because one partner decides to step outside the marriage and cheat. You might think sexual attraction or the need to have more sex is the number one reason people cheat but according to a new survey the number one reason … Continue reading
Forget Deadbeat Dads – How About Deadbeat Moms?
When it comes to alimony and child support payments, it’s often the men who have gotten a bad reputation and have been referred to as “deadbeat Dads”. However it seems that the number of cases of women not paying their end of alimony and child support is beginning to rise. Many divorce attorneys are seeing … Continue reading
Why Most People Hate Divorce Lawyers
Divorce lawyers are generally not well liked and sometimes for good reason. Here are the top five reasons why I think lawyers get a bad rap with the public. They think they are entitled to be late to appointments because their time is more important than everyone else’s time. They don’t call people back or … Continue reading
Amendment One: How does it affect my dying wishes?
The media is abuzz with speculations about how amendment one will change laws for homosexual couples in North Carolina. There are no clear answers and a lot of debate. An area of sensitivity revolves around dying wishes. Now that Amendment One has passed, can my (same-sex) partner make those decisions related to my last wishes … Continue reading
Sticks and Stones may break your bones: The problem with marital property
The ink on the marriage license is barely dry and the next step for most couples is to buy a home together. So, what happens when happily ever after becomes more like nightmare before Christmas and you’re signing divorce papers? Sure, if you are pleasant and agreeable (not usual) you can avoid equitable distribution, and … Continue reading
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