Activities During Your Parenting Time

Leslie Lorenzano Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer When you have a limited amount of parenting time to spend with your children, you want to make every moment count. Maximizing your parenting time with your children may take planning and creative thought, which can be daunting at times, but there are …

Reimbursing Ex-Wife For Children’s Medical Expenses

Question: I am ordered to reimburse a percentage of medical expenses for my children. I recently paid $4,000 to my ex-wife for braces for one of my kids. However, after I paid, she received a $3,000 refund from the original orthodontist and then went to another orthodontist and I was …

I Cannot Afford A Divorce!

Question: I feel like I am too poor to afford a divorce. Not just the attorney fees and court costs, but my inability to afford to live after a divorce has kept me from filing. I don’t make enough money to support two households and give her half of my …

Can Child Support Arrears Be Dropped If Ex-Wife Agrees To It?

Question: I owe child support arrears, but my ex-wife is willing to drop all the arrears I owe. Is that possible for an ex-wife to forgive child support arrearage payments, and if so, what is the process?

Money Made Easy: Tips To Create Financial Success

Evidence suggests a person’s behavior has more effect on financial success than income, and no matter what your income level is most people wish they earned 10% more. Financial adviser Dan Danford, CFP®, CRSP®, MBA, shares tips to create financial success and how to overcome the three money disorders that …

Child Support Modification Procedures

Question: My older child graduated high school and is joining the military so how do I modify child support to account for my other minor child? My ex-wife is not contesting this and we agree that I should pay 50 percent of my current child support amount since we now …

Disputing The Life Insurance Beneficiary

Question: When my brother died he left behind a substantial amount of life insurance and his wife was the beneficiary. He had children from a previous relationship and his intention was for his kids to receive a portion of the insurance. His wife knew this but has refused to make …

Are Assets Purchased During Separation But Before Divorce Subject To Property Division?

Question: My wife and I are separated, but we have not filed for divorce yet. I recently purchased a vehicle during our separation period and want to know about property division laws. Since we are still legally married, does my wife have any rights to my vehicle even though it …

How Can I Move Our Divorce And Custody Case?

Question: My ex-wife is moving to another state with our children, and we would like to move jurisdiction of our divorce and child custody case to that state since neither of us live in the state where we were divorced. She is the custodial parent though we technically have joint …

Am I Responsible If Ex-Wife Doesn’t Pay Utility Bills?

Question: In my divorce, my ex-wife and I were to split all debts 50-50. However, she has failed to pay many of the utility bills and now those companies are coming after me for full payment because she is not working. Can I just show them the divorce court order …