Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States, holding that under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act, employee stock options are not…
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Many know Angelina Jolie as a movie star and worldwide ambassador for the United Nations. But in the midst of a bitter divorce from Brad…
In our previous post, we discussed the holding this week by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Contracts Clause does not prevent retroactive application of…
Normally, family law cases do not involve issues of constitutional law and rarely make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. However, on Monday the Court…
In our previous post, we explained how Missouri statute governs the modification of maintenance and that a party seeking a change must show a substantial…
You are paying your former spouse maintenance and you would like to pay less. Can you? Under what circumstances does the law allow you to…
We have talked recently about the impact the change in the tax law enacted at the end of 2017 will have on divorce. One area…
Child support obligations should not be taken lightly. The court orders a parent to pay child support; it has the force and effect of any judgment…
For many couples, retirement funds may be the most important of assets to divide fairly and properly, as it represents the ability of one or…
The new tax law will make all alimony, known as maintenance in Missouri, non-deductible to the paying spouse and tax-free to the recipient spouse. So,…