Community property includes military service credit 
Published: May 18, 2012
Tags: community property, divorce
Military service credit that a husband purchased during his marriage constituted community property subject to division when he divorced, the California Court of Appeal has ruled in reversing judgment.
Ex-spouse’s disability pay counts for income tax purposes
Published: May 16, 2012
Tags: disability pay, divorce, taxation
A divorced taxpayer was required to report as income her share of her former husband’s disability pay, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in upholding a $3,587 deficiency assessment.
Noncompete can be ordered in divorce
Published: May 11, 2012
Tags: divorce, noncompete, property division
A state court had the authority to order a wife not to operate a competing business when it awarded the husband the family business in their divorce, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Husband can’t enforce premarital agreement
Published: April 18, 2012
Tags: divorce, premarital agreement, prenuptial agreement
A husband could not enforce a premarital agreement presented for the wife’s signature five days before the marriage, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Marital share of soldier’s retirement miscalculated
Published: April 16, 2012
Tags: divorce, property division, retirement benefits
The marital share of a divorced husband’s military pension should have been based on the number of service “points” earned during the marriage rather than the man’s time in the military during that period, Maine’s highest court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Frozen embryos belong to wife following divorce
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: divorce, in vitro fertilization
A wife whose cancer treatment prevented her from having children was entitled to embryos produced through in vitro fertilization before her husband filed for divorce, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Husband’s post-separation COLAs divisible in divorce
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: divorce, property division
Post-separation cost of living adjustments to a husband’s military pension benefits constitute marital property subject to distribution in his divorce, a Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Mother who baptized kids may be cited for contempt
Published: April 11, 2012
Tags: contempt, divorce
A divorced mother who baptized her children without consulting their father may be cited for criminal contempt, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Maryland’s top court hears same-sex divorce case
By:
Steve Lash
Published: April 9, 2012
Tags: divorce, gay marriage, Maryland, same-sex divorce
Maryland’s highest court appears poised to require the state to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other jurisdictions, if only to allow the lawfully wedded couples to divorce in Maryland.
Utah extends waiting period for divorce
Published: March 29, 2012
Tags: divorce
Couples seeking a divorce in the state of Utah must now wait 90 days before they can end their marriage, pursuant to a new law.
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