Aggressive Representation When The Stakes Are High
If you and your spouse are ending a long marriage in which you’ve accumulated considerable assets, the process can easily become complicated. Significant property and assets might be at stake, including multiple real properties, businesses, retirement savings and...
Trying to think about your future can be hard in the early stages of a divorce. Your emotions may get the better of you, and you may have a hard time picturing your life after the end of your marriage. Conflict with your spouse will only make the situation harder to...
Divorce does not absolve debt. Any debt that a couple accrues when they are together must be paid, even after the marriage ends. So, what happens when couples cannot agree on how to repay their outstanding debt? Division of debt is closely tied to the division of...
If you and your spouse decide to get a divorce and you're not on the best of terms, you may worry about the financial decisions that they're going to make moving forward. Specifically, the two of you may have a joint bank account, and you may no longer feel...
If you're an artist, there's no doubt that you think of your art as your own. Perhaps you're a painter, and you put paintings in galleries all over the state. Every time you start working on another one, you think of that painting as something that belongs exclusively...
Splitting retirement accounts in a divorce is a crucial step, especially for those who have spent decades together and are close to retirement age. Creating a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is often part of the process of splitting retirement accounts in...
Credit card points are likely pretty far down the list of assets you and your spouse are negotiating over as you divorce. However, as you’re deciding which cards to keep and which to close, you may find that the points you’ve earned on these are substantial. These...
As you've begun looking into the divorce process in Maryland, you've likely discovered that our state follows the equitable distribution approach to property division. In equitable distribution states, the court aims to divide a couple's marital properly fairly, not...
If you work for the federal government, you likely have a Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) to help you save for your retirement. If you contributed to your TSP during your marriage, all amounts contributed during the marriage are marital property. When divorcing the Court...
Executives and other highly compensated professionals may receive stock options as part of their benefit packages. Oftentimes, an employer will give stock options as an incentive for an employee or prospective employee to join or stay with a company or to meet certain...
