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Organizational Apps for Smoothing Over Co-Parenting Issues

Successful parenting requires parents to exercise excellent time management and organizational ability. Successful co-parenting arguably demands more skill and ability for managing your time and organizing your schedule. In today’s technology-driven world, you can manage nearly any aspect of life through an app on your phone—even co-parenting issues. State courts have started to recognize the ...

What Is the Innocent Spouse Rule?

One of the benefits of marriage is the option for spouses to file a joint federal income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Generally, spouses are both responsible for any tax liabilities that arise in connection with the years covered by a jointly filed tax return. Thus, for example, if the IRS found an error or discrepancy in a jointly-filed tax return—such as unreported income ...

The Duty to Maintain Life Insurance for Child Support

In general, parents have a legal obligation to provide financial support for their children. In the context of divorce, separated parents have a duty to pay child support to the other spouse, particularly when the other spouse has custody over their child. A parent’s obligation to pay child support does not terminate when they pass away. Any unpaid support becomes fully payable from their estate ...

What Is the Importance of Business Valuations in Divorce

Community Property Principles in Property Division In the United States, dividing marital property in divorce cases may follow either equitable distribution rules or community property principles. The community property system of dividing marital assets came from European countries who established colonies in North American throughout the pre-revolutionary centuries, such as France and Spain. ...