The Count is Three and One and Here’s the Pitch…

Last November, I used the divorce action between Frank and Jamie McCourt to explain the issue of personal goodwill under Pennsylvania divorce law. Here is a link to that original post. The Huffington Post reports that the McCourt divorce may conclude today.

Check Out the Sidebar

I added a link to another family-law related blog: From Bedroom to Courtroom which is maintained by Terri, a family law attorney and member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers from New York.

Check out her blog, I think you might enjoy it and find it educational.

She Wants How Much in Support?!?

It was reported in the My Family Law Celebrity Blog that Oksana Grigorieva has changed attorneys for her child support and custody case against her ex-boyfriend, Mel Gibson. Oksana was represented by Marci Levine and is now represented by Sorrell Trope. Mel is still represented by Stephen Kolodny. What struck me as more interesting is the reference to the current child support amount that Oksana is receiving from Gibson.

A Nice Surprise

I recently received an e-mailed advising me that this blog has been selected as one of the Top Divorce Blogs by Online Schools. The link for the full list of Top Divorce Blogs can be found here.

Thank you, Madison Evans and the folks at Online Schools.

Divorce Insurance – Protection or Just Another Asset?

In the September 13, 2010 issue of Time magazine, there is an article by Belinda Luscombe which talks about a new form of insurance being offered by SafeGuard Marketing Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation Operations Inc. called Wedlock Divorce Insurance. Just as life insurance is paid out in the event of the death of the insured, the proceeds from a Wedlock Divorce Insurance policy are paid in the event of the end of the insured’s marriage by divorce. Each policy can pay up to $250,000 to the insured in the event his or her marriage ends in divorce.

Divorce, Marital Property, and Taxes

A recent decision was entered by the Pennsylvania Superior Court, Balicki v. Balicki, which talked about some of the tax aspects of divorce. In a blog posted by my colleague, Brian Vertz, there is a discussion of the tax aspects of alimony as discussed in that opinion. However, that case also discussed deducting taxes from the value of marital property.

A Wife by Any Other Name

In a recent posting on the My Family Law Celebrity Blog discussed the finalization of Tiger Woods’ divorce. At the end of that posting, almost as an aside, is the single sentence, “Nordegren’s maiden name was legally restored to her.” It is not uncommon for a woman to want to retake her maiden name after a divorce decree is entered. Although she was always referred to as Elin Nordegren in the media after her marriage to Tiger Woods, she must have formally taken Tiger’s last name. She now can legally resume using Nordegren as her last name.