All the debt that is incurred in the course of the marriage is marital debt. Financial pressure is one of the common reasons for divorce. Often, when the partners are neck-deep in debt and find it difficult to make the ends meet they decide to end their marriage. They have to make a number of … Read more
Our goal is to help you find the answers to your questions and to begin the next phase of your life with as much ease as possible. Terminating a marriage involves a lot of emotional turmoil. A number of choices and decisions have to be made. There are different ways in which a marriage can … Read more
During a divorce, joint financial accounts often become a source of contention between the parties involved. These financial accounts include jointly owned checking and savings accounts, safety deposit boxes, credit cards, investments, and other holdings and equity credit lines. Such accounts get impacted when the account holders decide to go separate ways. How divorce affects … Read more
In Missouri, there are specific steps that you need to take when you are entering a petition for divorce. In a perfect world when you say “I do” it is forever. Since there is no such thing as a perfect world, however, many people decide, at some point, that they don’t. Getting divorced is never … Read more
Often times, spouses who are required to pay maintenance wonder if this order can be changed. Alimony or spousal maintenance is an important and complex component of a divorce case. The judge, depending on the circumstances of the case, will initially decide whether spousal maintenance needs to be included in the dissolution of marriage order, … Read more
Division of business in a divorce can be a contentious issue. Missouri is a dual property state and follows an equitable distribution policy. For property division, the Missouri court will first classify assets into marital assets (acquired during or after the marriage, or assets that have increased value due to the marriage), which are divided … Read more