On behalf of Allison Maxim of Maxim Law, PLLC posted in Divorce Mediation on Thursday, April 10, 2014. One has to admit that Gwyneth Paltrow knows how to create a stir. She’s done it a few times in recent weeks. There was the interview with E! in which she suggested that her “working mom” movie star job is somehow more difficult than that of a mother with an office job. Then there was her announcement that she and rock star husband, Chris Martin, are on Continue Reading
Gray Divorce in Minnesota: Financial Considerations for Divorcing Couples Over 50
By Maxim Law of Maxim Law, PLLC posted in Property Division on Monday, March 17, 2014. According to the New York Times, divorce after age 50 is growing more common: So much for “till death do us part.” For the first time, more Americans 50 and older are divorced than widowed, and the numbers are growing as baby boomers live longer. Sociologists call them gray divorcees. So what then should people over 50 expect when they get divorced? How should they plan ahead Continue Reading
Productivity: Reason for employers to worry about divorce?
On behalf of Allison Maxim of Maxim Law, PLLC posted in Divorce Mediation on Friday, March 14, 2014. Divorce is not as inevitable as death or taxes, but it is not an uncommon occurrence. The general consensus is that about half of all marriages end in divorce. In a business context, according to one estimate, 1 in 10 employees will divorce in a given year. And according to the divorce financial analyst who offers that estimate, the effect divorce can have Continue Reading
Dads with sole child custody more common than many may think
On behalf of Allison Maxim of Maxim Law, PLLC posted in Child Custody on Thursday, February 27, 2014. In 1960, there were fewer than 300,000 single-parent households in the United States headed by fathers. By 2011, according to data from a Pew Research study, the number of single-parent households headed by dads had reached a staggering 2.6 million. Meanwhile, the number of single-parent households headed by mothers saw a four-fold increase from 1960 to Continue Reading