Question: My question is about children’s health and reimbursement of medical expenses. My wife and her ex-husband’s divorce decree states that when either party makes a medical payment “the other party” shall reimburse the appropriate amount within 30 days. My wife recently received from her ex-husband a reimbursement of out-of-pocket …
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Question: Per our child custody agreements, I share joint legal custody with my ex-wife though she has primary physical child custody. She has been hospitalized for weeks about 3 hours from where I live. Her husband – my child’s stepfather – is refusing to let me come take my child …
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By Christian D. Barnard Divorce lawyer, Cordell & Cordell A client recently came to me for financial advice on divorce concerning his wife perhaps trying to shield assets through a Social Security Offset. A Social Security Offset is a reduction in the value of pension benefits subject to equitable distribution …
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Question: Can an email sent by my ex-wife to a fake online profile I made be used as evidence in a child custody modification? My ex-wife is dating a convicted felon who she brings around our kids, though she repeatedly denies it in court. I created an online profile, friended …
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The post-divorce life is a significant adjustment for divorced dads and their children, especially when it comes to dating. DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen talked with nationally recognized divorce and relationship expert Nancy Fagan about post-divorce dating and how to handle introducing your new girlfriend to your children. Fagan provides divorce …
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By Tara Lynne Groth As discussed in the previous divorce article “When Should Divorced Dads Introduce The New Girlfriend?” mental health professionals agree the best practice is to wait before introducing someone new to your kids. But when the time comes to introduce a new partner, experts agree divorced dads …
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Question: I need financial advice on divorce on whether the courts will force my name – and the associated financial liabilities – to remain on the mortgage. My wife wants to keep the marital home, but she cannot afford it nor qualify for a new mortgage on just her income. …
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Question: My ex-wife and I currently have a child custody agreement that was determined in North Carolina. She now lives in Virginia and has filed with the courts there for a modification of parenting time. Doesn’t North Carolina hold jurisdiction because that’s where our agreement is, where I currently live, …
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By Tara Lynne Groth Divorce is the end of a relationship, but how soon should divorced dads introduce the next relationship to their children? While co-parenting with their former spouse, adjusting to a new routine and establishing a separate household, dads may meet someone new whom they want to share …
CONTINUE READINGQuestion: Our current child custody agreements state I am to claim my daughter for federal and state tax purposes. My ex provides me with two tax forms showing the difference in her taxes between claiming our child as a dependent and not claiming our child as a dependent. Then I …
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