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How Equitable Distribution Impacts Your NY Divorce

How Equitable Distribution Impacts Your NY Divorce

Most of the legal work and disputes in a high conflict divorce deal with asset division. Enumerating, valuing, and dividing your assets are key components of your divorce. You and your attorney will need to maximize your distribution of assets, but the distribution standards and processes are...

Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets in Your High Net Worth Divorce?

Is Your Spouse Hiding Assets in Your High Net Worth Divorce?

Full disclosure of all financial information is a required and essential part of any divorce, but this is particularly crucial in a high net worth divorce. When a spouse realizes that so much of their future hinges on how marital assets are divided, they may work to conceal or dissipate marital...

10 Signs Your Divorce is Going to Be High Conflict

10 Signs Your Divorce is Going to Be High Conflict

Divorce is difficult even under the best of circumstances. However, some divorces become high conflict divorces, in which the challenges become more extensive and even more formidable, requiring highly specific precision legal skills to navigate them. These are the signs that your divorce may be...

Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in a High-Net-Worth Divorce

Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid in a High-Net-Worth Divorce

Divorce is challenging for anyone, but there are special considerations in your divorce because of your high net worth. The advice and information considered standard for divorce cases does not apply to clients in this unique situation. Protect yourself by avoiding these common...

Key to Divorce Success? An Appraiser

Key to Divorce Success? An Appraiser

A high net worth divorce comes down to numbers. Your property division will necessarily be financially complex, detailed, and intricate. Not only are there a significant number of assets to distribute, but every asset that is divided or distributed must be valued. Because of this, your property...


What You Need to Know About Child Custody and International Issues

What You Need to Know About Child Custody and International Issues

In a world where many families travel frequently and may have homes in several countries, international travel can play a significant role in your custody case. Additionally, you may have concerns about the other parent taking your child to another country and not returning.
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The Challenges of LGBTQ Family Law in New York and Beyond

The Challenges of LGBTQ Family Law in New York and Beyond

Ever since the Marriage Equality Act was enacted in our state in 2011, there has been same-sex marriage in New York and, inevitably, also same-sex divorce. Same-sex couples are faced with the same problems in terms of family and divorce law that arise in opposite-sex divorces, albeit with some...

Egypt Drafts The World’s First Mandatory Divorce Insurance Law

Egypt Drafts The World’s First Mandatory Divorce Insurance Law

Alimony insurance is not new. Insurers in many countries, including the U.S., already offer this type of policy. However, Egypt may become the first country to make it mandatory. Specifically, the proposed legislation would require husbands to pay a compulsory divorce insurance premium.
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How New York Handles Crypto Assets in Divorce

How New York Handles Crypto Assets in Divorce

As Bitcoin’s popularity increases daily, more and more New Yorkers are having to seek out and split up crypto assets in divorce – tasks that become problematic without the right approach.
By 2030, analysts estimate the cryptocurrency business market value will exceed $3.1...