One of the first questions we hear in a family law case is, "Who is paying for the lawyers?" One of the biggest challenges in a family law is legal costs associated with obtaining a dissolution of marriage, especially in cases where child custody and support are at...
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Department of Child Support Services Role and Family Law
Department of Child Support Services' Role and Family Law The Department of Child Support Services can be a great asset in any case in which one parent or another is seeking child support. In fact, DCSS is a governmental agency whose role is to calculate, request, and...
Handling Student Loans In a Divorce Proceeding
Everyone knows that the price of a college education has skyrocketed in the past few years. In fact, the cost of an undergraduate or a professional degree can be even greater than the mortgage on a house. When couples get married, often times they carry that student...
Tax Implications In Spousal Support
Benjamin Franklin once said that nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. However, in family law taxes is often a point of uncertainly. One particular part of the dissolution process that lends itself to a plethora of tax confusion is spousal support.Typically,...