On this week’s #FamilyFriday article the attorneys at ERA Law Group, LLC want to discuss the importance of Parenting Plans. You’ve heard it, we’ve written about it, and everyone knows it – divorce can get ugly and children are often the first to suffer. Parenting Plans encourage parents to focus on the needs of their children, how best to co-parent, and how to anticipate and/or address the various changes in their lives at the time of its creation and in the future. Read More
Divorce
#FamilyFriday: Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
You’ve gotten divorce and have been awarded a percentage of your spouse’s retirement account, you’re good for now, right? Wrong. Often couples come to us years after their divorce to finally collect on their marital award. They want to file their Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) and collect but they’re realizing it may be easier said than done. Now what? On this week’s #FamilyFriday article, the attorneys of ERA Law Group, LLC discuss QDROs.Read More
#FamilyFriday: Marital v. Non-Marital Property
When couples get divorced they are required to identify marital property and non-marital property. Many individuals don’t know what makes property marital and therefore, how they may unintentionally make a non-marital asset marital. This week’s #FamilyFriday article defines marital and non-marital property and offers a few tips to protect your non-marital property.Read More
#FamilyFriday – Mediating Family Disputes
Sometimes costly litigation can be avoided with mediation. Especially in family law related matters, mediation could be key to ensure that the issues involving your family are decided by your family. On this week’s #FamilyFriday article, ERA Law Group, LLC wants to explain the pros and cons of mediation.Read More
#FamilyFriday – Adultery
On this week’s #FamilyFriday article, the attorneys at ERA Law Group, LLC want to talk to you about adultery. Not surprisingly, it is difficult to obtain the rate of adultery in marriages today. Statistics range from 25% to 75% where at least one partner has admitted to committing adultery at some point during their marriage. Perhaps this makes sense given the 40% to 50% divorce rate in America.Read More
#FamilyFriday – Military Retirement Pay, Disability Benefits, and Divorce.
On this week’s #FamilyFriday article, the attorney’s at ERA Law Group, LLC are discussing the recent change in how Court’s treat a service member’s waiver of retirement pay for disability benefits and the effects it may have on the former spouse. A service member’s retirement pay is considered marital property. Depending on the length of the marriage and the Court’s Order, a percentage of the marital portion of the retirement pay is reserved for the former spouse upon the service member’s retirement. Read More