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
When a couple decides to part ways, both parties are often eager to complete the proceedings as soon as possible. However, it’s important that the couple seeking legal separation should settle financial matters, particularly those pertaining to alimony and other support issues before finalizing the divorce. Our St. Louis Family Law Attorney explains that getting a … Read more
A common question that couples seeking divorce ask is “what will be the average cost of the divorce?” Truth be told, there is no “average cost of divorce.” However, there are many factors that affect the cost of getting a divorce. There have been cases with little money and a small number of assets involved, … Read more