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Posted on Aug 2, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
A Qualified Domestic Relations Order ( QDRO ) is the key to your being able to turn a Divorce Decree which provides you the right to access a portion of your ex-spouse’s retirement benefits into ...
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Posted on Jul 30, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
If you are divorced but were married to your spouse for ten or more years you are potentially eligible for spousal benefits through Social Security. However, there is more to this eligibility than ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
As long as we’re talking about one unpleasant subject, namely divorce, we may as well talk about another, namely death. A good question to ask yourself is what happens to your share of the ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
Once you have figured out what retirement plans are in place for you and your spouse, collected information from each and provided that to your attorney, you will need to know how a retirement plan ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
If you are going through a divorce and have no children then your financial future should be at the top of any list of concerns that you have to go into the process. While there are assuredly ...
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Posted on Jun 24, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
If you or your spouse have worked for a company or more likely a public entity for an extended period of time it is likely that either of you has a pension that has been made available to you for ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
Learn about social security benefits and their effect on your divorce Attorneys are great at courtroom advocacy and knowing the ins and outs of the law. That much should be a baseline for what your ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
When you decide to file for divorce and select an attorney to help guide you through the process and advocate for your rights along the way the most powerful tool you have at your disposal is your ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
If you are in the beginning stages of your divorce it’s likely that you have numerous questions about how your case is going to proceed. How much is it going to cost you in attorney’s ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2018 By Evan Hochschild
Most working people in our country are aware that as part of the taxes taken out of your pay, part goes towards social security taxes. What fewer people realize is that the amount of money we stand to ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2017 By Evan Hochschild
From my experience as an attorney with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, I can say that the age range of clients we have that are getting divorces is pretty staggering. I have worked with a client who ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2017 By Evan Hochschild
If you’re considering a divorce from your spouse or have just begun the process then the end of your divorce may seem like a distant dream. While it’s true that a divorce doesn’t ...
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Posted on Aug 22, 2017 By Evan Hochschild
In May 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled upon an issue that has to do with how military retirement is decided in a military divorce. The case is called Howell v. Howell and in its ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2017 By Evan Hochschild
If you are a person who is over the age of fifty and considering a divorce there are factors for you to consider beyond those that younger persons would need to think about. What sort of ...
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Posted on May 20, 2017 By Evan Hochschild
When parties enter into divorce proceedings in Texas it is not only the children, the house and their bank accounts that are issue- it’s also their retirement accounts. The Houston divorce ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2017 By Law Office of Bryan Fagan
Good divorce advice is like an umbrella when it rains. You need it when you need it. When you do not need it, you will hardly notice it. For this reasons you may have missed some of my most popular ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2016 By Law Office of Bryan Fagan
Our office has handled and seen divorce from almost every age range. We have helped every from 18-90. It may seem surprising to see couples over the age of 50 going through a divorce especially when ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2016 By Evan Hochschild
Known as " gray divorces," marital dissolution of couples over the age of fifty are on the rise in our country. While a divorce is an especially stressful and emotion laden time for any ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2016 By Law Office of Bryan Fagan
For many spouses going through divorce, the largest and most complex community assets are the retirement accounts and other employment benefits. Three of the most common types of retirement accounts ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2016 By Law Office of Bryan Fagan
This article addresses whether there are strategic financial reasons for getting a divorce in Harris and Montgomery County in Texas to take advantage of governmental benefits. Today I got a call from ...
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