Divorce and Income Taxes
What effects do divorce, alimony, child custody, child support, and property division have on your income taxes? Do these effects matter enough to consider? Yes. To be sure, when going…
What effects do divorce, alimony, child custody, child support, and property division have on your income taxes? Do these effects matter enough to consider? Yes. To be sure, when going…
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My blog post here is inspired by a blog post by Karen Bigman, who identifies herself as a “divorce coach.” Here is the link to her post, there’s a link…
You’ve heard the nightmare divorce stories: The divorces that go on and on for years with no end in sight, all the while costing tens of thousands of dollars; The…
Note: You do not need to be divorced or going through a divorce to find this article helpful. This article is not intended to benefit only those who have received…
Divorce carries with it consequences that could go on for years for those you care about the most (and that includes you!). Still, you feel the need to “save money”…
Though Utah is a no-fault divorce state, and divorces are routinely—and almost exclusively—granted for “irreconcilable differences,” infidelity in Utah can still wind up costing you in divorce. The Utah Code…
There are many issues in a typical divorce that are hotly disputed but child support and spousal support (aka alimony) invariably top that list. This is, in part, because even…
Near countless hours have been spent fighting over how much alimony or child support parties should pay and receive in a divorce action. While in Utah the legislature has established…
There are many points of contention in a divorce action, from child custody to asset and debt distribution. After child custody, one of the most contentious issues in a divorce…
Under Utah Code Ann. § 30–3–5(10) unless otherwise provided in the divorce decree, alimony “terminates upon establishment by the party paying alimony that the former spouse is cohabitating with another…
With rare exception, nobody on either side of a spousal support or alimony issue is ever satisfied. Those seeking alimony contend there's never enough. Those paying alimony contend too much…
“I don’t know if this is important, but…” I can’t speak for anyone else, but my parents dreaded hearing that phrase from me as a teenager. It nearly always…
A few things you suspected, weren’t sure of, and that I can confirm for you: Filing for divorce is a daunting task in all but the simplest cases. There are…