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Why Some Marriages Cannot Withstand Retirement
In recent years, a new trend known as “gray divorce” has swept through the United States. Gray divorce refers to the phenomenon of couples over the age of 50 opting to get divorced. In 2010, approximately 25 percent of people working through divorces were age 50 or older. In 1990, that demographic represented only 10 percent. Why are so many older couples divorcing? In part, itContinue reading
Income Taxes and Divorce
There are so many important issues that people deal with while going through the divorce process – child custody and support, property and asset division, spousal support – that some of them sometimes get overlooked. Income taxes are among the issues that divorced couples tend to put on the back burner. However, with only a few short weeks left before the April 15th IRS deadline, there are several keyContinue reading