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Social Security Benefits and Divorce
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…
Read More2012: Another New Year
According to the dictionary there are several definitions for the word, “resolution,” such as: 1. a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. 2. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc. 3. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute;…
Read MorePermanent Alimony Reform
Currently New Jersey still provides for permanent alimony under certain circumstances including long term marriage and/or a significant discrepancy in earning capacity between the parties. According to a recent article by Elizabeth Benedict in the Huff Post, times they are a changing. A grassroots movement in Massachusetts begun by an individual, Stephen Hitner, brought the…
Read MoreThe Impact of Generosity in a Successful Marriage or Divorce
The New York Times recently reported on the role of generosity in a successful marriage. The research came from a recent study of 2,870 men and women conducted by the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project (“State of Our Unions” report from the National Marriage Project). According to the research cited in the article, “[w]hile…
Read MoreDo I Have to Appear in Court for Divorce Mediation?
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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