As a divorce lawyer for more years than I would like to admit, I’ve had occasion to have many new client consultations with people considering or being faced with a divorce. These consultations usually take an hour and a half to two hours and are spent covering the waterfront of New York matrimonial law in…
OK, this one may not come up that often, but just in case it does…. I was reading an article today in the American Bar Association Journal Law News about a Minnesota lawyer who admittedly had an affair with a divorce client. This alone raises issues, at least in New York, but this particular lawyer…
I feel part of my job as a divorce attorney is to educate my clients, but sometimes they come to me thinking they are already educated…. some are… some aren’t. Sometimes divorce “education” is attained at the barber shop, hair salon, the local saloon or at the Home Depot or supermarket waiting to get checked…
Just like texting, a New York divorce has its own particular set of acronyms and abbreviations. Some clients may find it frustrating or intimidating to navigate this “alphabet soup”. So, FYI, I wanted to give you a short list, ASAP, of a few of the abbreviations you may, IMHO, hear in your divorce proceeding and…
Lawyers charge hundreds of dollars an hour to represent their clients in a divorce action. However, the total legal fees incurred in your case are only partially controlled by you or your attorney. Your spouse and his or her attorney have a lot to do with what the ultimate legal fees will be. From a…
A Statement of Net Worth (a/k/a “net worth statement”) is required to be exchanged in all contested divorce actions and in some uncontested divorce actions as well. In Part I, I gave you some tips on how to fill out the “family data” and “expenses” section of the form. In Part II, I gave you…
A Statement of Net Worth is required to be exchanged in all contested divorce actions and in some uncontested divorce actions as well. In Part I I gave you some tips on how to fill out the “family data” and “expenses” section of the form. In Part II, I gave you my thoughts on completing…
A Statement of Net Worth is required to be exchanged in all contested divorce actions and in some uncontested divorce actions as well. In Part I, I gave you some tips on how to fill out the “family data” and “expenses” section of the form. In Part II, I gave you my thoughts on completing…
A Statement of Net Worth, is required to be exchanged in all contested divorce actions and in some uncontested divorce actions as well. In Part I, I gave you some tips on how to fill out the “family data” and “expenses” section of the form. In this post, let’s move on to completing the “income”…
A Statement of Net Worth is required to be exchanged in all contested divorce actions and in some uncontested divorce actions as well. The first part of the form asks for “family data”. It’s pretty straight forward. You have to assemble names, dates, addresses, social security numbers for all family members (look at your tax…
