If, during your marriage, your spouse was the primary income-earner in your home in Marion, then you may go into your divorce proceedings automatically expecting to be awarded alimony. Yet spousal support is not intended to simply punish your spouse for working while...
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Why is your 401k considered marital property?
You may go into your divorce proceedings feeling fairly comfortable that you understand exactly what properties you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse shared. Yet like many others in Marion who are in your same position, you may be shocked to learn that your workplace...
How do you make divorce easier?
Divorce in Oregon can come with challenges. However, there are ways to make it easier. Forbes lists several tips to make divorce less painful, and therefore, less difficult. One suggestion is to adopt a business mindset when it comes to divorce. At the most basic...
Significant financial assets may complicate the divorce process
If you are an Oregon resident considering divorce, it is important to understand how your financial situation may affect the process and the settlement. If you and your spouse have financial assets of substantial worth, a fair divorce settlement may require an...
Splitting up with a financially irresponsible spouse
There may be a handful of reasons behind someone’s decision to divorce, whether they are tired of being subjected to emotional abuse or they cannot move beyond their spouse’s affair. In some instances, a person may be fed up with their spouse’s...
Retirement, finances and divorce after 50
People in Oregon may once have believed that if they were still married by the time they were in their 50s or older that they would no longer have to worry about a divorce. This, however, is quite untrue. In fact, Forbes reports that a Pew Research Center study shows...
Is all property eligible for division in a divorce?
Whether you are currently deep within the divorce process or you have just started filing papers, it is critical to have a firm understanding of property division. Although all factors in a divorce are important, property division may be one of the most intense...
What constitutes a fair and equitable property settlement?
When you go through your Oregon divorce, you likely will discover that the property settlement negotiations between you and your about-to-be ex-spouse will consume a good amount of time. Even assuming that both you and (s)he are fair-minded adults, neither of whom...
What can you do if your ex-partner is behind on child support?
Oregon courts do not order child support to punish one parent or favor the other, but simply to ensure that children of divorce experience as little adverse effects of their parents' separation as possible. The recipient parent has the right to use child support as he...
Severing ties with financial advisers can benefit divorcees
When people make the difficult decision to get divorced from their spouse in Oregon, the positives of their choice may be difficult to realize at first as many challenges loom in their immediate future. One of the most time-consuming aspects is the process of...