Lori A. Walker, Esquire of Family Law Corp., P.C. has been named a 2019 Top Philadelphia Attorney in the field of family law and divorce, by Super Lawyers, a nationally-recognized peer rating service of attorneys with no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state being recognized as rising stars. Lori offers divorce, custody,…
Nobody wants to rush into divorce. But if you finalize divorce in 2019 versus 2018, it could cost you much more in taxes for the rest of your life. After President Trump Signed the ‘Last Minute Tax Law,’ Married Couples Are Rushing to Get Divorced By December 31. To read more, see here.
The divorce rate in the United States is falling, and demographers are crediting millennials and Generation Xers with the decline. According to an analysis by Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland, the divorce rate in America dropped by 18 percent between 2008 and 2016. That’s in part because Americans are getting…
Couples fighting about money is nothing new. Financial problems are at the root of many divorces and that may be particularly so if the couple has a net worth of less than $5 million. That’s the magic threshold for rich people to have an amicable divorce, according to divorce attorney Randall Kessler who told…
In any situation where child custody rights are at issue, a number of key questions are raised. If you are going through a divorce, you will want to know whether your child will live primarily with you, and if not, whether will you will be able to make important decisions as to how your…
The state of Pennsylvania recognizes adultery as a fault ground for divorce. This means it is the adulterous spouse’s fault, due to his adulterous behavior, that the marriage is ending. While adultery rarely effects custody, visitation, child support or even marital property distribution, it can effect spousal support awarded before and during the divorce…
There soon won’t be a silver lining to paying spousal support. President Trump’s recently passed tax code will abolish tax deductions on alimony for divorce decrees on Jan. 1, 2019 and thereafter. Divorce lawyers say the higher-earning spouse will have more leverage to argue for lower alimony. The current tax rules allow for matrimonial…
Too many women have let husbands make the long-term financial decisions, leaving them vulnerable when separation or death strikes. For some, it means liberation. For others, loss. For women in particular, the doubling of the divorce rate for the 50-plus crowd since the 1990s can mean something far more prosaic: a need to shoulder the big financial…
Who holds the key to keeping marriages together? Divorce attorneys play a surprising role in identifying what causes a divorce to happen (and are expert advisors on how to keep it from happening to you). Divorce rates have been climbing steadily in the past 50 years, and no one knows that better than the…