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Year End Deadline Looms for Alimony Payers

By Elissa C. Goldberg / October 16, 2018

Alimony is often a part of a divorce settlement, particularly with marriages of long duration. If you are considering or in the midst of a divorce, better act now to meet the new deadline set by the 2017 Tax Act. Specifically, the 2017 Tax Act will take away the right of a payor of alimony to deduct…

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Gaming and Your Marriage

By Elissa C. Goldberg / October 10, 2018

Can gaming really cause the end of a marriage?  A divorce website in the United Kingdom recently stated that 5% of divorce petitions so far this year blamed “addiction to Fortnite” for the divorce. And the game just came out last summer.  In the past we have seen social media and even “email communication” as…

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Pennsylvania: Child Support post-Hanrahan and trusts

By Elissa C. Goldberg / October 8, 2018

Does it count as Child Support if a parent sets up a trust for their minor children by a previous spouse? According to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Hanrahan v. Bakker in June 2018, the answer is: No! As part of a multi-tiered opinion handed down earlier this year, the state Supreme Court said a voluntary…

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