Divorce with Decency
138 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY tax-deductible. Don’t try to claim a deduction for it. The philo- sophical theory behind this rule (as ...
The Legal Issues 139 the divorcing spouses must agree (or else the court will decide) whether spousal support should be paid, wh ...
140 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY received. Conversely, spousal support payments are tax deduct- ible to the payor. Finally, a custodial ...
The Legal Issues 141 note, this is not my wording—it’s literally the phrase the judges use. Personally, I feel that the term “re ...
142 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY unlike child support, there are no uniform or nationwide stan- dards with regard to spousal support. In ...
The Legal Issues 143 The traditional sole custody order granted both physical and legal custody to one parent, with rights of re ...
144 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY your precise plan for implementing it. Your plan should include a description of how you intend to phys ...
The Legal Issues 145 Basically I tell clients that legal custody pertains to the major/ macro/life-affecting issues in the life ...
146 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY they are actively involved in their kid’s existence is one way of doing just that. Joint Physical Custo ...
The Legal Issues 147 with essentially duplicate rooms and accouterments for the children. Joint physical custody is sometimes re ...
148 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY joint custody formats, and those may be the same sorts of adap- tive skills that will be required for t ...
The Legal Issues 149 Joint custody can also have its disadvantages: (1) Frequent back- and-forth movement between parents may be ...
150 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY The court’s guidelines. If the parties can’t agree on their own visi- tation schedule, the court will s ...
The Legal Issues 151 reach their own stipulated agreement allocating custodial rights, then the court will (once again) step in ...
152 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY A laundry list of custody criteria. Here is a listing of some of the key factors that courts may use in ...
The Legal Issues 153 meetings, who takes the kids to church or to the pediatrician, who coaches the Little League team, etc. • ...
154 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY of the court. As such, they are subject to being reviewed again and reopened. Thus, clients must unders ...
The Legal Issues 155 are exactly the kinds of issues on which custody cases turn. The social worker will then make extensive rep ...
156 DIVorCe wItH DeCenCY Interstate Custody One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. —George Herbert The Uniform Child C ...
The Legal Issues 157 Instead, the court must approve all amounts to be paid and will not generally allow child support to be low ...
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