Can Arrears Be Discharged By Filing For Bankruptcy?

Question: Can child support arrears be discharged by filing for chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy?

Can Home Equity Be Offered As An Alternative To Selling The Home?

Question: Can half of the home equity be offered as an alternative to selling the home during divorce?

Could Meaningful Child Support Reform Be On The Horizon?

The modern child support system is critically flawed in numerous ways. Outdated gender biases that continue to stack the deck against fathers still pervade the system. Repeatedly, we see instances of well-intentioned dads kicked in the gut by the system despite their wishes to do whatever they can to help …

Is My Wife Entitled To My Military Disability?

Question: My wife and I recently divorced. I receive retirement from the Army, which I have no problem giving her half of. I also receive monthly disability from the VA and a social security check for disability. Is she entitled to any of that?

Support Disagreements When There Is No Court Order

Question: I am currently paying the state calculated suggested child support amount for one child voluntarily, not by court order. My spouse has also asked me for post-separation spousal support and I came up with what I thought was a fair amount, but she disagrees. What are my best courses …

5 Ways The Child Support System Fails Families

Cordell & Cordell Principal Partner Joseph Cordell recently spoke with 700WLW-Cincinnati about many of the problems pervading the child support system and family courts. As Mr. Cordell noted, rather than providing support for children, the system often drives a wedge between families and creates unnecessary financial hardship for many well-intentioned …

How To Keep Divorce From Ruining Your Retirement

Rick Harkins and his wife, Michelle Cortes-Harkins, founded Harkins Wealth Management in 2008. Rick and Michelle began offering financial planning, but they soon began receiving an influx of referrals from divorce attorneys. Eventually, they have split into two different practices: One that covers the wealth management side of things, and …

DadsDivorce Live: The Rise Of Gray Divorce

The overall divorce rate in the United States has been on a steady decline since the 1980s. However, the number of couples older than 50 deciding to terminate their marriage has exploded over the last 25 years. Since 1990, the divorce rate for Americans older than 50 has doubled and …

Messy Divorces Could Be Dodged With Prenuptial Agreements

When confronted with most of life’s major financial decisions, most people go to great lengths to ensure they make rational, objective choices. “Most successful people are planners,” said Cordell & Cordell Principal Partner Joe Cordell. “They get there by way of thinking a lot about the important decisions in their life, …

Is Severance Pay Divisible During Divorce?

Question: I recently received a severance package from my employer after working for the company for 30 years. Does my former wife have any claim to my severance?