Even though a divorce is the legal termination of a marriage, there are many divorce-related matters that formerly married parties must continue to address after their unions end. In New York, former couples may find themselves renegotiating child support payments or...
Property Division
Know your rights regarding non-marital property during divorce
Some couples live their marriages by the axiom, "What's mine is yours and what's yours is mine." While this share-all concept of living may seem like the most accommodating way for two people to merge their lives, it can present some issues for New York couples who...
Divorce can put into question ownership of inheritance
When a New York resident makes a plan for his personal estate, he may include distributions of money or property to those individuals who he loves. When he passes on, the people that he has identified in his will or estate plan may receive, subject to state probate...
Equitable and equal have different meanings in property division
Different couples may have different ideas about what constitutes fair when it comes to the financial aspects of ending a marriage. Some may feel that everything a couple acquires should be divided in half and shared equally among the soon-to-be former partners....
Will our divorce destroy our business?
There are many contentious topics that can come up during divorce proceedings, but some of the most difficult ones have to do with property division. It’s one thing if you have to decide who gets the kitchen table or the family car. It’s a whole other ballgame when...