Child support can be a contentious issue in a divorce. Some parents do not want to pay at all. Others want to but cannot afford to do so after dealing with all the other expenses of a divorce. Some parents refuse to do anything without a court order. This can be a...
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How may a business valuation affect a division of assets?
Connecticut's divorce laws require an equitable division of your assets including a business started during marriage. A professional appraisal of your enterprise can provide a fair market value of its worth. Your company's value may help you to negotiate a fair...
Case Date Key
Remote Resolution Plan Date (RRPD) – With family relations only, no appearance before a Judge. Provides an opportunity to learn about the court process, determine the specific issues in your case, the likelihood of reaching an agreement, and the amount of court...
What is a Joint Tenancy and How Can it be Terminated?
A “joint tenancy” is a form of joint ownership of real property. Joint tenancy is similar to “tenancy in common” in that certain rights and duties come with joint tenancy, but joint tenancy includes a right of survivorship. A right of survivorship means that if a...
Tearin’ Up My Heart: The Validity of Document Destruction
Can physically tearing up a legal document invalidate or revoke its intention? When that legal document is your last Will & Testament: possibly yes! According to Connecticut General Statutes §45a-257, “a Will or Codicil shall not be revoked in any other manner...
DIVORCE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: DEFAULT JUDGMENTS
Has your divorce been stuck in limbo due to COVID-19 Court restrictions? Have you been waiting for months simply to get a default hearing? Well, good news: after Tuesday, September 22nd, the Connecticut family courts will be scheduling default hearings in many...
Upcoming meeting of the National Association of Divorce Professionals
If your business touches on the divorce process, you should consider joining our managing partner, Wendy Prince, at the next Zoom meeting of the National Association of Divorce Professionals. Our fast-growing Greenwich/Stamford, CT & Westchester County, NY...
What Qualifies As Income When Calculating Child Support?
Much like death and taxes, child support payments are often a necessary inevitability when it comes to divorce and custody. The court uses reported income, among other things, in order to calculate how much child support an individual should be paying. But what...
When Le$$ is Less
One of the small joys of my life is frothy milk in my morning coffee. It started back when I was living and working as a dancer in Miami. My friend, Lorenzo Monreal, introduced me to his community of fellow defectors from the Cuban National Ballet. We spent a lot time...
Evictions in the Era of COVID-19: What you need to know
The State of Connecticut has put a temporary freeze on evictions until August 22, 2020. Despite these protections, many landlords have begun threatening eviction to those who cannot pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what you can do if your landlord has...
