Collaborative Law Institute Blog – Family Law Attorneys & Professionals
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...
Keeping More of Your Money in the Family: Choose Your Attorney Wisely
After choosing your process wisely, discussed in my two previous blogs part 1 and part II, the next step is to choose your attorney wisely. I believe this is something to approach with significant thought about your goals, careful consideration about the process you...
What is a QDRO?
For many, a significant portion of their post-divorce assets consist of a part of their former spouse’s company-sponsored retirement account. In order to split a company retirement account, the plan administrator of the pension, 401(k), 403(b) or other company...
Soccer and Parenting
As a parent to youth players and season-ticket holder to a semi-professional team, I watch a lot of soccer. My daughter’s team plays at the elite level. In a game, they move around, pass to a teammate, trap the ball, look around while the teammates move around,...
Keeping More of Your Money in Your Family: 5 Quick Financial Tips
5 quick Divorce financial tips: These five are only a starting point. Plan your cash flow and spending carefully. Do not over exaggerate. You and your spouse only have so much income between the two of you. Unless you can increase income you both will need to...
Charities: What You Give vs. How Much You Give
The holiday season is when many people do a significant portion of their charitable giving for the year. Once you have decided which charitable organization to support and how much, you should also consider how to give that support. What I am getting at is that you...
Creating Emotional Balance this Holiday Season
Married, separated, or divorced alike, it’s hard not to feel anxious about the upcoming holiday season. Whether you love it or are dreading it, the 2015 holiday season is just around the corner. Maybe you are feeling that there is no way you are going to get through...
New Significant Others After a Divorce
An amicable separation and divorce can sometimes become strained when new relationships start. New significant others often cause new emotional reactions that can subsequently impact parenting. In order to preemptively address the problems that can arise when new...
Getting Unmarried: A Roadmap to Resolution
Often when we decide to do something of significance, like go on vacation, obtain a college degree, search for a new job, or save for a future purchase we develop a plan. If you are serious about the task set before you, you will develop a written plan to keep you on...
Vacations and Divorce
Vacations are a common part of family life. Some families like to camp or take close-to-home trips to a local hotel or amusement location. Other families have vacation traditions, such as family reunions or a favorite locales that they visit year after year. And...
