Archive: Year: 2017

US panel: Improve child custody rules for military

January 24, 2017

A national legal panel that works to standardize state laws wants to simplify child custody rules for military service members, whose frequent deployments can leave them without clear legal recourse when family disputes erupt. The Uniform Law [...]

It’s January, also known as divorce month.

January 23, 2017

This article was written by Kelli B. Grant at CNBC Couples starting the new year with a divorce may find untangling finances is no easy feat. Data from the University of Washington found that divorce filings start to pick up in January — a [...]

How divorce affects your ex’s Social Security benefits

January 19, 2017

This article was written by Robert Powell at USA Today Q: My ex-husband (we were married for 18 years) has remarried, as have I. If I were to apply for ex-spousal benefits will that diminish any payment of benefits to his current family? I would [...]