Posts Tagged ‘PA’

By Mindey Elgart | February 3, 2012

Alimony Reform Letters to the Editor

Alimony reform has already been discussed as a hot button issue in New Jersey. New Jersey courts will order permanent alimony in divorces under certain circumstances such as to a dependent spouse in a long term marriage. The loudest proponent of alimony reform in New Jersey has been Tom Leustek, a professor at Rutgers and […]

By Mindey Elgart | January 20, 2012

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 […]

By Mindey Elgart | January 6, 2012

2012: 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; […]

By Mindey Elgart | December 9, 2011

The 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 […]

By Mindey Elgart | November 4, 2011

Top 10 Divorce Rulings

Family law varies from state to state, however, historically the US Supreme Court and other high level courts have handed down some pivotal divorce rulings. The following is the very interesting Huff Post list of top 10 divorce cases. Diemer v. Diemer, 1960, established that “refusal to have sex with one’s spouse constitutes abandonment of […]

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