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Divorce is emotionally draining, consuming your thoughts and energy for months or even years. Updating your estate plan might be the last thing on your mind. However, neglecting it poses a risk - your ex-spouse could inherit assets meant for someone else. Taking...
Every parent prioritizes ensuring a secure financial future for their children. As a couple, you and your spouse likely created a joint estate plan that named each other as beneficiaries on your life insurance policies, with the intent that the monies would be used to...
When you’re getting divorced, you have to divide the assets that you own together. These are known as marital assets. The alternative is that there are some separate assets, which are things that you or your spouse may own individually. These do not have to be divided...
Alimony, also called spousal support, is a financial arrangement established during a divorce to help one spouse maintain their pre-divorce standard of living. While the initial alimony award is determined based on specific factors during the divorce, circumstances...
Divorce invariably inspires emotional turmoil for all parties involved, including adult children. While they may no longer be dependent on their parents for day-to-day care, the news of a divorce can still elicit feelings of shock, sadness, anger and confusion. These...
Divorce can be very stressful, especially when money matters come up. Subject to the terms of the divorce, the court may order one party to pay spousal support to the other. Also known as alimony, spousal support is intended to help the receiving spouse maintain a...
You’ve been married to your spouse for two decades or more, and unfortunately, things aren’t working out for both of you. If you’re considering a divorce, you will probably be worried about securing your financial and emotional well-being during this challenging time....
The living arrangements for co-parents can have a major impact on Ohio custody orders. Judges consider factors including the stability of someone's living circumstances and the distance between the parents when setting terms for parenting time if parents cannot reach...
It is sometimes easy for parents to split up physical custody or parenting time with their children if they live near each other. If the houses are only a few miles apart, for example, they may just trade the children back and forth every week. But not everyone’s...
A bill introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives earlier this year sounded like a common-sense change to the law for those sponsoring it and for many parents’ organizations. It sought to add a presumption in child custody cases that 50-50 shared custody is in a...