Social Security Benefits and Divorce

By Mindey Elgart | January 20, 2012

An individual is entitled to collect Social Security benefits based on his or her own earnings history, or 50% of the spouse or former spouse’s benefit, if it is greater than the individual’s, or 100% if the spouse is deceased. In the event that the individual is divorced, it must have been a marriage of…

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Do I Have to Appear in Court for Divorce Mediation?

By Mindey Elgart | October 28, 2011

The state which has jurisdiction over the parties’ divorce dictates whether they ever have to appear in court before a judge.  If the couple lives in Pennsylvania, the answer is no. So long as both parties are cooperating with the divorce process and procedure, they never have to go to court in order to obtain a consensual divorce. If the…

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