Separation Agreements – Page 4

4 Mar, 2020

The Halo of Fear Surrounding Alimony

By Cheryl Stein| 2020-03-06T03:17:13+00:00 March 4th, 2020|Divorce Finances, Separation Agreements|

Educate yourself about alimony payments and know your options. Alimony, maintenance, and spousal support refer to the same thing. Attorneys tend to use the term maintenance, since its purpose is to maintain the receiving spouse’s standard of living for a certain duration of time after the marriage. The lay public tends to use the term “alimony.” The maintenance calculation was standardized in January 2016; the way it used to be allocated was less streamlined and too subject to judicial discretion. If there (more...)

7 Feb, 2020

YOU ARE NOT THE PERSON I MARRIED

By Cheryl Stein| 2020-02-11T17:31:12+00:00 February 7th, 2020|Separation Agreements|

Basic Second Law of Thermodynamics is that things gradually fall apart — into a state of disorder and disrepair. As powerful as gravity, the overwhelming force of the world’s natural tendencies is hard to beat. It is no surprise that, as humans, we too peak in our state of optimal growth and then our systems, more often than not, decline. Most people expect this to happen, but way down the line, in some fuzzy distant future. However, life does not always follow the (more...)

8 Nov, 2019

Good Samaritan Divorce

By Cheryl Stein| 2019-11-08T16:02:35+00:00 November 8th, 2019|Divorce Finances, Separation Agreements|

Is there a price tag to being a Good Samaritan in Divorce? “A Good Samaritan — a charitable or helpful person.” There are infinite ways of exercising kindness to one’s spouse during a divorce, but we will focus on the timing of divorce here. Sometimes, in a divorce, one party needs more time while the other wants the divorce finalized immediately. The one that wants the immediate resolution will try to exercise grace, extend the other party significant latitude, and give them (more...)

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