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Common law marriage is one of those legal ideas that everyone seems to have heard about, yet few people have a true grasp of the details. You may have read a news story about a common law spouse, or have…
In May 2014, after what seemed like an eternity of planning and worry, my wife and I got married in a small-town Iowa church, just steps from her old high school. Our reception was a few miles down the road…
Even if you’re happy to part ways with your partner, divorce sucks. Depending on how many assets you shared with your former spouse and how you decided to handle your finances when you were married, getting divorced is often a long…
In order to contribute to an individual retirement account (IRA), you must have earned income, right? Although that’s true for most people, the IRS makes an exception for nonworking spouses. The government acknowledges that in some households, one spouse stays…
Divorce is hard. It can be stressful emotionally, mentally, physically and financially. When you add tax issues – already a confusing subject – divorce doesn’t get any easier. Following a complicated divorce, filing taxes sometimes becomes even more complex than when…
Divorce is tough, even if you and your soon-to-be-ex part ways relatively amicably. If one of you doesn’t want to get divorced, blames the other person for the split, or seems to be doing everything in their power to draw…
Are you married? That seems like an easy question, but the answer can get complicated when it involves the filing status on your federal income tax return. For tax purposes, your marital status is determined as of the last day…
Divorce is hard, even if there are plenty of financial advantages of being single. Regardless of why your relationship is ending, the legal process of getting a divorce can be confusing, time-consuming, and expensive. Unfortunately, plenty of myths can stop you…
Many couples disagree and argue, but there’s a particular subject that tends to be more damaging to relationships than others: money. A study published in 2013 in the journal Family Relations examined more than 4,500 couples and found that fights about…
Don’t say that reality TV never taught you anything. Like much of television-obsessed America, I’ve watched the trial of Joe and Teresa Giudice with great interest. “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” stars were accused of an entire slew of financial…
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