by Cristi McMurdie | Mar 4, 2019 | Divorce, Finances, Taxes
Your income taxes have been a hot topic all year due to the changes ushered in by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December 2017 by the Trump Administration. Tax credits and deductions relating to families and family law issues require a new understanding of how it...
by Cristi McMurdie | Feb 1, 2019 | Adoption
Families today come in a mosaic of traditional, blended, biological and single-parent structures with the core ideology of a caring, supportive family unit. Beyond marriage and birth certificates, a traditional nuclear family requires little legal intervention to...
by Cristi McMurdie | Jan 3, 2019 | Collaborative Practice, Divorce, Mediation
The ending of a marriage is never easy. There are always more issues to confront than anyone realized including property distribution decisions, new estate planning, support issues, and, of course, if there are children, parenting plans bring up the most anxiety and...
by Cristi McMurdie | Dec 17, 2018 | Divorce
While December is full of holiday and good cheer, January is known for less happy tidings, such as an increase in divorce filings. As Claire Nowak explains in her article This Is Why January Is the Biggest Month for Divorce: “Since January is a time for making...
by Cristi McMurdie | Dec 4, 2018 | Divorce
Said no one ever! And yet, just after the holidays we see a spike in divorce filings. Maybe it’s because couples don’t want to tarnish holiday memories with talk of divorce. Maybe it’s more about starting the new year fresh. But whatever the...
