Are you welcoming the birth of a new child? Getting married or divorced? Just purchased your dream home? These are all events that can bring about unique changes to both your family dynamic and federal income tax obligations. Changes and additions to the makeup of your family can have a big impact on how much […]
HEALTH INSURANCE AFTER DIVORCE
If you have had health insurance coverage through your spouse’s employment, after your divorce you will need to take action to maintain health insurance. To ensure that there will be no gap in your coverage, it is important to address this issue before your divorce is final. You need to find out if you will […]
MODIFYING YOUR CHILD CUSTODY OR VISITATION ORDER IN CONNECTICUT
If you are divorced, separated, or a single parent and your custody or visitation order is not working, what do you do? If there are already court orders in place, you will need to have them changed. This is done by filing a Motion for Modification. The Motion has to satisfy certain minimal legal standards. […]
HELPING CHILDREN COPE WITH DIVORCE
There’s a lot to think about when getting divorced. There are financial concerns: the shifting of monies, rearranging of accounts, the division of assets. There are personal issues to deal with: regarding emotional health, time-sharing with friends and family members, and decisions to make regarding holidays. If you have children, all these decisions are, of […]
AN EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY DIVORCE: IT’S POSSIBLE!
No one gets married expecting to have to file for divorce. Most couples picture spending the rest of their lives together. Unfortunately, the American Psychological Association (APA) has found that 20 percent of all first marriages end in divorce within five years, and nearly 48 percent of all marriages fail before the 20-year mark. Divorce […]
NEW REPORT RELEASED BY THE TASK FORCE TO STUDY LEGAL DISPUTES INVOLVING THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF MINOR CHILDREN
The state of Connecticut is serious about revamping its child custody laws. Recently, a 10-member legislative panel, called the Task Force to Study Legal Disputes Involving the Care and Custody of Minor Children, issued a report to the Connecticut State Judiciary regarding the state of child custody laws and proceedings in Connecticut. This 43-page report […]
APPLAUSE FOR THE CONNECTICUT FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
In 2011, Connecticut became the country’s first state to mandate employer paid sick leave. Section 31-51kk of Connecticut’s Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”) requires employers to provide paid family and medical leave to qualifying employees. Three years after the law was enacted, a new study by a Washington think-tank, the Center for Economic Policy […]
CONCERNS FOR FAMILIES MOTIVATES OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO REEVALUATE DEPORTATION PRACTICES
During the past six years, the Obama administration has aggressively enforced deportation laws. In fact, the current administration has conducted more deportations than any other administration that has been in office. These deportations have led to many families being ripped apart. At least 5,000 American children have been placed in foster care due to the […]
DIVORCE RATES HIGHER IN CONSERVATIVE STATES
Despite conservative ideology that lauds “traditional American values,” red states have considerably higher divorce rates than blue states, according to a recent study reported by the Huffington Post. The study, entitled Red States, Blue States and Divorce: Understanding the Impact of Conservative Protestantism on Regional Variation in Divorce Rates will be published in late January […]
UPDATE ON THE PELLETIER CHILD CUSTODY CASE
The case of Justine Pelletier is one that has been raging on for the past year and has been carefully watched by the family law attorneys here at Greenberg & Krieger LLP. Earlier this week a Massachusetts judge ruled that permanent custody of Justine Pelletier would be granted to the State of Massachusetts, though Justine’s […]