Collaborative Law Institute Blog – Family Law Attorneys & Professionals
Consultation to Learn About Collaborative Law
Many collaborative law attorneys offer a free consult – 30-60 minutes to meet your potential new attorney and get some questions answered. The consult serves two main purposes: learn about your options and get to know your potential attorney. Until you have...
Grieving During the Holiday Season
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all of the holiday season seen through the eyes of a child is a magical time. After all, we hear that “it’s the most wonderful time of the year,” from a very young age. It’s as we age that we begin to realize just how hard the holidays are...
What Happens After Divorce?
An entry of divorce is a big step in the process. However, there is often a lot of follow-up needed to make everything final. Here are some of the things that need to be addressed post-divorce: Certified copies. You should obtain a certified copy (official) of the...
Tax Tips: Divorce and Name Changes; 5 Action Steps
Being in the tax season moment, my next few blogs will address some common tax issues and implications resulting from divorce. The first issue/implication I will write about are name changes. It is quite common for a spouse going through divorce to request a name...
Don’t Divorce Me! An HBO Special
Late night browsing on HBO recently brought me to a refreshing and wonderfully honest documentary on kids of divorce. The 30-minute film focuses on children who have recently gone through divorce – it asks them questions and captures their honest and candid...
How Long Should You Keep Important Documents and Records?
It will really help your efforts to organize your financial affairs if you know how long you need to keep statements or documents. A survey by Consumer Reports showed that only 40% of respondents thought that they could find a document at a moment’s notice. Only a...
Tax Tips: 5 Things to Know About the Child Tax Credit
The child tax credit may save you money if you have a qualified child. Here are the top five things to know about this credit as it relates to divorce: Depending upon your tax filing status and your income you may be eligible for a child tax credit of up to $1000 for...
Estate Planning After Divorce
As part of organizing your financial affairs following a divorce, you should also make preparations for your financial affairs after your death. Planning your estate is an essential part of getting one’s financial matters in order at any point in life, but divorce...
Bonus Families – The Best Way to View Divorce
The viral video of a father reaching out to his ex-Wife’s new husband, his daughter’s stepdad, and asking him to join him and walk their daughter down the aisle has had a huge impact. It has been shared millions of times. I have noticed a number of my...
Cost Basis: What Is It? Why Does It Matter?
As another tax season comes to a close, there are people all over the country digging through shoe boxes and file cabinets trying to meet their tax accountants’ request for cost basis information on an investment they sold last year. Hundreds of thousands of tax...
