Kansas City Divorce & Family Law Blog by Stange Law Firm, PC

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Property Division on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Just as in other states, in Illinois and Missouri, too, the ardor-dampening feelings that many people have long associated with premarital agreements are dissipating. For a long time, such agreements — namely, prenuptial agreements executed prior to marriage and postnuptial contracts entered into following marriage — were viewed with suspicion by many romantic partners and even as marriage breakers. That image is steadily changing, with more American couples realizing the considerable value that such agreements command for their ability to help identify marriage priorities

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Property Division on Thursday, July 3, 2014. We discussed some special concerns of persons involved in so-called “gray divorces” in our immediately preceding blog post. A financial strategist and media commentator on divorce says that those people — divorcing individuals in their 50s and beyond — need to view divorce “as a business transaction.” Jeff Landers additionally notes that divorcing baby boomers “need to crunch the numbers.” We alluded to that in our prior post, noting that finances can be a critically important component of the divorce process for many older

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Property Division on Monday, June 30, 2014. As we have noted in past blog posts, and as scores of family law commentators have additionally pointed out, divorce is far from a cookie-cutter event in most instances. That is, the fact patterns, key considerations and outcomes in any 10 divorces in Missouri, Illinois or elsewhere across the country are likely to be easily distinguished and highly varied. Child custody and visitation rights might be a preeminent concern in one divorce, with spousal maintenance (alimony) being a matter of key importance in another