Monthly Archives: October 2022
Legal Separations And Alabama Law
According to Alabama law, marriages can end when one spouse dies or when the court issues an order of dissolution of marriage (also known as divorce) or annulment. Each of these is much more final than any of the things we refer to as spouses being separated. In practice, married couples do not always… Read More »
What Happens To Your Debts When You Divorce?
Arguing about who gets to keep which assets in a divorce is bad enough. Arguing about which spouse should be responsible for which debts is even more stressful. All debts incurred during the marriage and owed at the time of the divorce count as marital debts, regardless of which spouse’s name is on the… Read More »
If You Want To Keep The Family Pet, Is The Law On Your Side?
Even though pets are part of the family, and people can get as emotionally attached to them as they can to human family members, from a legal standpoint, domestic animals are property. Case in point, some couples even stipulate in their prenuptial agreements which of them will keep which of the family pets in… Read More »
Is Cryptocurrency A Marital Asset?
Are people who own vast sums of cryptocurrency rich, or is it all an illusion? What do you do with an NFT after you buy it? Digital assets are as misunderstood as they are mysterious, and unfortunately, no one understands them less well than the family law courts. These days, you see people, often… Read More »