by Michael Wallerstein | Jan 30, 2019 | family law
After a divorce, you likely will be asked to shoulder the responsibility for your student loans. Any loan incurred before or during marriage for a spouse’s education or training which remains unpaid at the time of divorce must be assigned for payment to the...
by Michael Wallerstein | Dec 31, 2018 | Business Law, family law
A friend or relative of one of the parties “loans” money to the parties to purchase the family home. The parties separate and in dividing community property and community debts this loan comes up. A huge issue in a dissolution of marriage action will be whether the...
by Michael Wallerstein | Dec 31, 2018 | family law
Several years after your marriage you may come to find out that your spouse was already married to someone else and did not legally divorce. In that set of circumstances, the parties may have acquired substantial assets and returning them to an unmarried condition...
by Michael Wallerstein | Dec 12, 2018 | family law
As a general rule, spousal support (referred to by the Code as “alimony”) is taxable to the recipient and deductible by the payor. Child support, on the other hand, is not taxable to anyone and it is not tax deductible. Same sex married persons are now treated as...
by Michael Wallerstein | Nov 28, 2018 | family law
If you served your ex with divorce papers and then nothing happened, you should not be surprised. It’s now on you to file for a default divorce. You’ll need to prove that you served your ex with by filing form FL-115 Then you’ll need to Request to Enter Default (form...
by Michael Wallerstein | Nov 21, 2018 | family law
If you have a court order requiring someone to pay you child support or alimony, you shouldn’t have to wait for a check in the mail or hear excuses about why someone can’t pay this month. You can have the court automatically take the money out of their paycheck. This...
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