Divorce For Grownups

Tips for Co-Parenting After Divorce

Karin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:39:33 +0000

This is a guest posting from Board Certified Divorce Lawyer Scott Morgan of Austin Texas. He offers valuable advice for co-parenting.

Getting a divorce is rough and things can get even more complicated when the kids are involved. Although it can be tricky, co-parenting your children after a divorce is very doable. [...]

How Divorce Closed Down A Business

Karin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:03:33 +0000

“The business was forced to close because of the owner’s divorce”

I was disappointed as I approached a favorite business only to find it had closed it’s doors for good. An employee of a neighboring business told me it closed because the owner had gotten a divorce. As a divorce lawyer, this made [...]

Common Myths About Divorce in Washington

Karin — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:25:26 +0000

Five Common Misperceptions

This is a community property state so everything is 50-50

While asset and debt acquired during the marriage is community property in Washington, it is not necessarily divided equally. The operating word in Washington is “equitable”. There are a number of standards by which equitable is determined. The length of the [...]

PREPAY NOW FOR INCOME TAX SAVINGS?

Karin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:02:43 +0000

Is you mailbox, both paper and on line, filling up with ideas for pre-paying something so you can get a tax deduction? Well here is a radical thought — prepay your divorce before the end of the year.

Sounds a little self serving doesn’t it? Well, yes, but hear me out.

Legal services for a [...]

DOES DIVORCE TAKE A HOLIDAY?

Karin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:02:03 +0000

“We are going to wait until after the holidays to file for divorce”

Each year I hear that sentiment and each year I have to ask why. If the marriage is truly “irretrievably broken” why are these folks wanting to keep up appearances and stay together even though the decision has already been made to [...]

ANNULMENT? IT’S NOT THAT EASY

Karin — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:51:43 +0000

It’s happened again — a Hollywood marriage of very short duration. Britney, Kim and a myriad others change their mind after only a few weeks of marriage. The press questions why they cite “irreconcilable differences” and seek a divorce rather than getting an annulment. There is a misperception that if a marriage was of short [...]