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How Divorce Can Affect Your Immigration Status

Divorce can raise unique questions for immigrants living in the U.S. If your spouse sponsored you, or if your residency depends on your spouse’s job, separating from your partner can create anxiety about whether you will be able to maintain your residency in the U.S. and continue on your path to naturalization. If you are an immigrant considering divorce, your immigration attorney and your divorce attorney should work...

Feb 16, 2023

Child Custody

Why Parents with Joint Custody May Still Pay Child Support

In our family law practice, our clients are often surprised to find out that they’ll have to pay child support even if they share custody with their ex. While it might be true that you will pay less in child support when you have joint custody, joint custody does not...

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Feb 13, 2023

Divorce

How Long Can a Divorce Be Put on Hold in New York?

Divorces, like relationships, can be complicated. Couples who may be set on divorce one day might rethink their decision the next. When spouses aren’t sure if they’re ready to move forward, it is possible to put a divorce on hold. New York courts do not put a...

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Feb 10, 2023

Divorce

Co-Parenting After a Divorce: What You Need to Know

Who gets the kids? This is usually one of the most important, delicate, and contentious parts of any divorce or separation. If soon-to-be-splitting spouses have children under 18, the parents will have to decide how to divide responsibilities for their care. In some...

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Feb 8, 2023

High Net Worth Divorce

7 Ways to Protect Your Retirement During Divorce

Divorce can be a logistically and emotionally overwhelming experience, leaving you with many questions about the future. One of those questions is likely to be: What will happen to my retirement savings? If you’ve been in the workforce for decades, have saved a healthy...

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Feb 3, 2023

Nuptial Pacts

How to Get Your Spouse to Say “Yes” to a Postnuptial Agreement

Most people know what a prenuptial agreement is, but do you know it’s also possible to get a postnuptial agreement? In both prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, the objective is to establish what happens if the parties get a legal separation or a divorce. Both can...

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Feb 2, 2023

High Net Worth Divorce

Nasty NY Divorce Veers Towards Defamation as Wife Spreads Dirt on Investment...

Emotional outbursts, insults, and name-calling are not unusual in a divorce. Parties are likely to exaggerate each other’s misconduct and character flaws. One spouse might even threaten to “tell the world” about horrible misdeeds, insufferable conduct, and...

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Jan 27, 2023

Divorce

The Rules of Refinancing During Your Divorce

If You’ve Been Wanting a Lower Mortgage Rate, Now May Be the Time to Act If you are going through a divorce, one of your major considerations is what to do about the family home. The easiest solution is for both parties to agree to sell the home and divide the proceeds...

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Jan 25, 2023

Divorce

Equal vs. Equitable Distribution in New York

How the Law Divides Marital Property in the Empire State A marriage is a partnership, and the property must be divided when that partnership is dissolved. If it were a business partnership, assets and debts would be divided according to the partnership agreement, which would...

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Jan 21, 2023

Divorce

What Is Conscious Uncoupling, and Can it Help Your Divorce Process?

Doing Divorce The Gwyneth Paltrow Way Conscious uncoupling refers to a separation where both partners act responsibly and work together to build a healthy future for themselves and their children. A divorce or breakup free of animosity is perceived as rare in our society when...

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