Berlusconi Alimony: $65 Million Per Year
November 30, 2009
Italian prime minister and TV-network billionaire Silvio Berlusconi may be facing an alimony obligation as great as $65 million per year....
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Divorced and Separated Parents: Coping with the Holidays
November 25, 2009
The downside of the holiday season is a special challenge for families who are experiencing divorce or separation. Here are a few tips to cope with the holiday season....
Father’s Rights: Growing Trend in Custody?
November 23, 2009
A series of articles published last month in Working Mother magazine claims that men who seek custody of their children in contested divorces are winning just as often as women. This trend is attributed to the principle that...
Parent Held Not Liable under “Verbal Agreement” to Pay College Expenses
November 19, 2009
In Mackay v. Mackay (2009), a parent attempted to enforce a casual conversation about college plans for their young children as a "verbal agreement" to pay college expenses....
Effectively Waiving Retirement Benefits in a Settlement Agreement
November 18, 2009
During the statewide broadcast of PBI's Family Law Update today, my colleague David Ladov asked me to post the features that a marital settlement agreement would have to contain in order to qualify as a QDRO (qualified...