Now how do you sever your financial ties. by Julie A. Auerbach, as published in The Philadelphia Lawyer, Summer 2020 Edition Broken hearts may not be the only fallout from the breakup of an unmarried couple. The severing of these romantic ties may also have financial consequences. Untangling jointly held assets, such as real estate and bank accounts, are common…
When Does Child Support End? Generally speaking, the obligation of one parent (usually the one with partial physical custody) to the other parent (usually the one with primary physical custody) for payment of child support ends when the child reaches age 18 or graduates from high school, whichever comes last. As with many matters, there are exceptions. There remains a…
You got your divorce decree or had your support or custody hearing, but that doesn’t mean that you won’t be seeing much of your family lawyer anymore. In actuality, you may need to build a relationship with your attorney until each of your children turn 18. Here are some things to think about. (more…)
There are several categories of “damages” which one may be entitled to when they are injured as a result of someone else’s actions or inactions. Although, if the “damages” were made on the public due to your business, then this should be covered by Public Liability. You could consider PL insurance quotes from constructaquote.com. It is important to get Public…
Top Five Tips for Choosing a Lawyer 1. Research. In today’s world, there is no excuse for choosing a lawyer without doing the basic research to find out more about the attorney and his or her firm. There are multitudes of sources of information on lawyers, including a lawyer’s own website. Find out what type of cases he or she…
Only 5% of what you tell your lawyer about your custody case will be important enough to make it’s way to trial, if there is one. Getting to that 5%, however, is going to take hours of telling your attorney about your life, including information that you don’t think has anything to do with custody. But just about everything that…
Attorney Julie Auerbach was interviewed yesterday on “The American Law Journal” presents “The Problem with Joint Legal Custody: When Household Rules Differ” . The Problem With Joint Legal Custody On Monday’s ‘The American Law Journal’ The Legal Intelligencer March 31, 2017 “Today courts are leaning more towards 50/50,” says family law practitioner Julie Auerbach. But are judges equipped to handle…
By: Judy M. Springer, Esquire In general, you do not need to do anything according to the IRS to obtain your federal stimulus payment. The IRS expects to begin issuing the payments this month. Depending on your circumstances, you might want to take some pro-active steps. Who Qualifies? If you have adjusted gross income of less than $75,000 per year…
Divorces can occur for a number of reasons. It could be a mutual decision with both parties realizing that it just wasn’t working anymore or something could have happened that triggered one person in the relationship to split. Usually, this major event that breaks up the relationship is infidelity with the person who was cheated on realizing they just can’t…
When divorce includes property division claims, one of the more difficult tasks is determining how to value the assets, which must be done unless the parties can agree on values. For real estate we usually need a formal appraisal, although sometimes a realtor letter will do. To get net value, we need payoff statements for all mortgages, liens and tax…