Archive for 2017
HIDDEN PROVISION IN REWRITTEN UNIFORMED SERVICES FORMER SPOUSES’ PROTECTION ACT
When the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 became law on December 23, 2016, it did not garner much attention. If people knew that a subtle clause within the paperwork impacted the split retirement pay of divorcing active duty military members, it may have caught more eyes and headlines. When the act was…
CONTINUE READING6 STRANGE (AND LIKELY UNENFORCEABLE) PRENUPTIAL CLAUSES
Prenuptial agreements are a common marriage tool employed by wealthy couples or couples with a high degree of unequal earning. Prenuptials, as our Columbus divorce lawyers have mentioned before, are a powerful resource for couples at any income level—it provides clarity about money behavior, lends transparency to each spouse’s expectation, and even offers a way of…
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