On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 29, 2012 | Divorce
For many people, a key question when facing divorce is making sure that a marital split does not leave you without health insurance. This is often an issue for women who have become stay-at-home moms, with healthcare through the husband’s job. Of course, gender...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 27, 2012 | Child Support
If the language in newly proposed legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives is consented to in the Senate, Georgia and other American states would face fewer obstacles in collecting child support payments from parents living in foreign countries. The...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 26, 2012 | Divorce
Maybe friends or family members have cautioned you about the downside of a bitter divorce. Though there is wisdom in such concern, the reverse is also true: there can be a downside from being too nice as well. This can be the case no matter where you are in the...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 25, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
Perhaps the first thing that all newly signed professional athletes should do — actually, should arguably be required to do and certainly in advance of entering into marriage, buying a house, investing in a business or executing marketing contracts — is...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 21, 2012 | Divorce
An author and facilitator of marriage workshops recently offered her views on the issue of alimony in response to questions from her clients, who took one side or the other based on age and marital status. Younger clients felt that alimony following divorce was a...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 21, 2012 | Divorce
When taking the first steps toward getting a divorce, it’s important to reorient your sense of privacy. In a close marriage, sharing bank accounts and all sorts of personal passwords can be an expression of intimacy. But when the relationship starts to go bad,...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 18, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
In a high-asset divorce, the numbers are relative. In other words, a given divorce proceeding entailing what most people might deem as significant realty and personal assets can be easily eclipsed by one that follows it and features an even weightier property...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 13, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
“I’ve found people think divorce can never happen to them,” says the founder of a company that focuses on financial issues relating to marital dissolutions. “But it can,” she adds. And when it does, it can have a material and singular...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 11, 2012 | Child Support
Although a biographical sketch on his website states that he earned more than $230 million from his lengthy and storied boxing career, former world champion Evander Holyfield apparently lacks sufficient funds to get current on child support payments he owes. Holyfield...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jun 6, 2012 | High-Asset Divorce
In 2009, 25 percent of all divorcing couples were baby boomers. Twenty years ago, boomers made up just 10 percent of divorcing pairs. Dividing a couple’s assets and income when they are so close to retirement creates challenges that younger divorcees are...
