Unique Challenges and Considerations The landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) brought nationwide marriage equality—a monumental victory for the LGBTQ+ community. However,
We receive a number of inquiries every month about the impact of cohabitation on a maintenance award, and we thought we would take a moment
This is a common question among divorcing spouses. Am I going to be obligated to pay my soon-to-be ex-spouse spousal maintenance? While there is no
With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congress made many changes to the tax code. In family law, perhaps the most significant change involved
Parties to divorce sometimes feel that determining whether and how much to award a spouse in maintenance seems completely discretionary, especially compared to the chart
Representative Jim Neely has introduced a bill in the Missouri General Assembly that seeks to bring significantly more structure to awards of maintenance (or spousal
With the passage of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act at the end of 2017, Congress upended 75 years of settled law with regard to
Sometimes divorce leads people to give in to their vengeful instincts, and some spouses will admit they see the divorce process as a way to
We happened upon this interesting article that noted that, while 40 percent of households in this country have female breadwinners, only 3 percent of men