Separation Agreements – Cheryl Stein Law

26 Sep, 2018

Are You an Innocent Spouse?

By Cheryl Stein| 2018-09-28T13:28:15+00:00 September 26th, 2018|Divorce and Children, Divorce Finances, Separation Agreements|

One of the benefits of marriage is being able to file joint tax returns with a spouse. However, marriage brings a double-edged sword. On the one hand, spouses reap the benefit of being able to collectively have more money to live on if they're drawing from the same pool during their marriage and maximizing their tax benefits. The downside, though, is when the spouse with no knowledge of marital finances signs off on tax returns and it later comes to bite them. (more...)

19 Jan, 2018

How Camera Shy Are You?

By Cheryl Stein| 2018-04-18T17:36:19+00:00 January 19th, 2018|Divorce Mediation Process, Separation Agreements|

Courtrooms are, for the most part, open to the public, and if you spend a day in a Supreme Court matrimonial part or Family Court courtroom, you will probably learn who is (allegedly) abusive, a dead beat, a drug addict or an alcoholic as the cases on the calendar are called one by one. Many of the divorcing parties come to court dressed in their finest for the formal occasion, but as their case details unfold, they cannot clothe themselves enough to (more...)

24 Oct, 2017

When Love and Marriage Don’t Go Together like a Horse and Carriage….What’s Left?

By Cheryl Stein| 2017-11-26T17:59:29+00:00 October 24th, 2017|Divorce Finances, Separation Agreements|

Marriage is inherently deemed an economic partnership, according to the law, and upon its dissolution, the accumulated assets and interests are to be distributed on the basis of the economic needs and circumstances of the parties. Equitable distribution in New York is fact specific, and not a 50/50 split, like it is in the community property states, such as California, Arizona, Nevada, and Alaska. (There are 9 community property states in total.) Much is left to judicial discretion in this neck of (more...)

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