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How SSI, SSDI affects child support.

SSI is Supplemental Security Income"SSDI" is Social Security Disability IncomeThey are NOT the sameBoth SSDI and SSI. Benefits are exempt from attachment for support or other debts. SSI is a variety of federal welfare for disabled persons. It requires disability plus need (no as...

Getting Your Ex-Spouse to Pay Your Attorney

The Borson Motion Procedure A court can order a party to pay the other partys attorneys fees. If you decide to change attorneys in the middle of your case and you cannot pay the attorney, you still owe the money and will be required to pay your former attorney unless you can get...

What is an attorney practicing family law?

Family law practitioners get to go to court often... so we are litigators. We get to draft agreements... so we are transactional lawyers. We listen to our clients and try our best to make their lives better when our relationship ends than when it began... so we are helpers an...

When the Engagement Falls Apart, Who Gets the Ring?

WHEN a couple breaks up, does the ring go back to the giver or stay with the recipient? Social ettiquette seems to go in one direction while legal decisions may go otherwise. The conflict over the ring has led couples to court. Sometimes people spend more than they can afford on...

No Tax on Transfer of Property Between Spouses.

TAX TREATMENT OF PROPERTY TRANSFERRED between SPOUSES IRC 1041 Since 1984 there has been Special Treatment for Property Transferred INCIDENT TO A DIVORCEI. Overview of Internal Revenue Code 1041. Section 1041 of the Internal Revenue Code, enacted in 1984, provides that there sh...

Can I Deduct Divorce Attorney's Fees?

Can I deduct the attorneys fees and costs to get a divorce or support? Sometimes yes and sometimes no. A divorce is a personal matter and personal expenses are usually not deductible so most of the expenses will not be deductible. However, if you have a business or itemize ...

How to Get 401(k) Money Without Penalty

Is there a provision in the tax code that allows a spouse to withdraw monies from a 401(k) without penalty? Yes.... Funds that have been transferred to a spouse by a QDRO as part of a divorce. 26 U.S.C. 72(t)(2)(C)Note that the penalty-free (but not tax free) withdrawal is avail...

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