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If your spouse is a louse…

February 19, 2023 By Joy Rosenthal

If your spouse is a louse I’ll get you the house. That Dr. Seuss-like saying was the on the business card of a litigator I met at my first training on collaborative law.   While his card was memorable (that was over 16 years ago), alas, his name was not.  (I just googled the saying to see if I could find his name and came up with a lot of information about head lice. Hah.)  That little diddy is funny, but … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, Families, General, Negotiation, Property Distribution Tagged With: Divorce Finances, family, win-win

The High Cost of Divorce

February 5, 2023 By Joy Rosenthal

I teach family law at CUNY Law School and the semester started a few weeks ago. Here I was on the first day back (hat hair and all): This week, I brought in a well-respected colleague as a guest to talk about how a contested divorce moves through the court system.  He told the students about discovery demands and motion practice and preliminary conferences and a lot of time-consuming stuff.  And then he mentioned his hourly rate, and there was an audible gasp … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, General, money Tagged With: divorce, Divorce Finances, finances

You Might Have more in Common with Bill and Melinda Than You Think…

May 23, 2021 By Joy Rosenthal

Bill and Melinda Gates recently announced that they are divorcing after 27 years.  Besides having to address their billions of dollars and their enormously influential foundation, this has brought attention to issues of a mature (or “gray”) divorce.  Like many other couples, they waited until their youngest child is about to go off on her own.  And they, like so many others, have to plan for a very different future.  Divorcing later in life comes up more often than you … read more »

Filed Under: Children, Divorce, General, Negotiation Tagged With: aging, divorce, Divorce Finances, divorce mediation, gray divorce, retirement, understanding

NY Spousal Maintenance

February 6, 2019 By Joy Rosenthal

NY Spousal Maintenance by Joy Rosenthal

In the last post, A Few Notes About Spousal Maintenance, I wrote about new considerations that must be made because of recent changes to the federal tax law. Today, I’d like to circle back to explore the purpose and a little bit of the history of New York spousal maintenance laws. Spousal maintenance, or alimony, is a term for periodic and regular support payments from one ex-spouse to the other for a specified length of time. The concept of alimony … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, money, Negotiation, Spousal Maintenance Tagged With: Alimony, Divorce Finances, New York Spousal Maintenance

Walking the Tightrope Without a Safety Net

May 2, 2018 By Joy Rosenthal

Walking the Tightrope without a Safety Net by Joy Rosenthal

“But what am I going to do without my net?” Rob looked bereft. He knew, intellectually, that he wasn’t entitled to his wife’s family’s money. He knew that he and Sheila were getting divorced — after all, they both had moved on and were seeing other people. Rob also knew that he was a grown, healthy man who had been working hard and making a living for many years. He had built his catering business from the ground up. The … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, Mediation, Negotiation Tagged With: Divorce Agreement, Divorce Finances, Separation Agreement

4 Steps for Dividing Marital Property

April 26, 2018 By Joy Rosenthal

4 Steps for Dividing Marital Property by Joy Rosenthal

One of the most important steps in creating a divorce agreement is deciding how you will divide marital (or joint) property. This is called division of assets. Here are the basic steps: Identify all of the property either spouse owns. You must share detailed information with each other, including: Bank account numbers and balances as of a specific date. Be sure to include checking, savings, and brokerage accounts. Retirement accounts like pensions, annuities, stock options, deferred compensation, and bonuses. Do … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce, money Tagged With: Dividing Assets, Divorce Finances, Joint Property, Marital Property, Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)

What to Do After You Get Your Divorce Judgment

April 3, 2018 By Joy Rosenthal

What to Do After You Get Your Divorce Judgment by Joy Rosenthal

You’ve updated your relationship status on Facebook. Now what? There are still some tasks that you need in order to complete the divorce process and begin to build your new life. You should receive a Certified Copy of the Judgment of Divorce (JOD) from your attorney. If not, you can go down to the court to obtain one. (Make sure to take ID). The JOD is an enforceable document. In an uncontested divorce, the terms of the settlement are incorporated … read more »

Filed Under: Divorce Tagged With: Divorce Finances, Judgment of Divorce (JOD), Post Divorce Tasks

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