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Study findings show respondents think child support laws unfair
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. There are a couple of points that emerge with clarity from a recently released study on child support that for a period of 10-plus years examined the views of persons from both the United States and England. Here’s one: Child support is a difficult and highly nuanced topic, with legal schemes governing the subject matter varying across jurisdictions. In many states, for example, the income of both parents — that is, the custodial and noncustodial parents, respectively — is taken into account by a
Accurate valuation and tax considerations crucial in dividing retirement funds
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Property Division on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Property division in divorce can have long-term financial repercussions, and it’s important to have a good property division lawyer on your side. Among the assets that can be divided in divorce, retirement funds may be particularly important to hold onto if you want to live comfortably in your golden years. In Illinois, marital property is divided according to the principle of equitable distribution. Note: “equitable” does not necessarily mean “equal.” Rather, marital estates, which could include corporate pensions, 401(k) plans, IRA accounts and military
Post-divorce focus: sabotaging parenting-time and other rights
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Monday, May 11, 2015. An online overview of an important yet seldom addressed family law topic refers to an “ideal world” in which post-divorce friction between ex-spouses is essentially contained, with resulting salutary effects visited on the children created through their marriage. Although that world does in fact exist for some families, of course, it is far from being the reality for others. It is simply the case in some instances that much of the discord that existed during marriage endures following marital dissolution, with children suffering adverse
Divorce for the truly rich, Part 2: sometimes it takes a village
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Property Division on Friday, May 8, 2015. We noted a recent financial article chronicling some singular concerns of especially wealthy and well-known families in our immediately preceding blog post. That article, from Private Wealth Magazine, states that many such families — for purposes of this blog, think billionaires and people who are consistently in the public eye — are often focused on establishing and preserving a family legacy. Private Wealth notes that, “Nothing can derail plans for the future faster or more profoundly” than a marital dissolution. It’s certainly not hard
Are more states moving toward a shared parenting model?
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Custody on Friday, May 1, 2015. Many people might not realize it, but the way in which courts here in the U.S. currently treat child custody arrangements is the product of a fundamental transformation that occurred roughly 50 years ago. Specifically, the prevailing view adhered to by the courts during the last century was known as the “tender years” doctrine, which dictated that children — especially infants and toddlers — benefited the most by being close to their mothers. This changed in roughly the mid-60s, however, when U.S. courts began
Alternative child support model for the United States, Part 2
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Child Support on Thursday, April 23, 2015. Our immediately preceding blog post noted a media report positing some fundamental shortcomings in the child support paradigm that has been long operative in the United States. As described in our April 21 entry, that opinion piece pointed most centrally to the adverse consequences stemming from the inability of many noncustodial fathers to remain consistently timely with the child support payments that are desperately needed by custodial mothers. Many American states routinely punish nonperforming fathers by garnishing their pay, revoking various licenses, taking passports
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