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This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. During a mere 2½-week period around Thanksgiving 2013, as many as 40 million Target shoppers became victims of one of the largest data security breaches in history. Debit and credit card numbers, PIN numbers, magnetic strip data, all stolen, using malware believed to have been written by a…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. When divorcing clients first enter my office they often already know, even if they don’t like it, that their assets will be divided in an equitable typically, equal manner. But, as King Solomon understood, some things just can’t be cut down the middle without utterly destroying them. In…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. Even though only a few weeks remain on the calendar, it’s not too late for a little planning to make the most of some tax breaks scheduled to expire at the end of 2013. Of course, Congress may extend some or all of these (assuming the government remains…
This article originally appeared as a column for the Cleveland Jewish News. While official statistics are difficult to find, it has been estimated that more than half of adult Americans have no will to specify how their assets are to be distributed upon death. Most people understand that a will is a good thing, a prudent thing. Regardless, too many…
In the good old days, when a married couple decided to split, mom kept the house, the kids, and the family dog. These days, the division of property and parenting time is no longer black and white. Today, when there is a dispute as to who gets the house or the furnishings, the court considers many factors such as, who…
Recently the Washington Post published an op-ed discussing the idea of a “wedlease.” As suggested, the wedlease is a contract between “spouses” for a marriage that comes with an expiration date. In a wedlease, the parties would marry for a set period of time with set terms. An attractive idea on its face, the concept is supposedly derived from real…
There once was a couple who during a beautiful ceremony in a friendly locale swore to be together until death pulled them apart. After their marriage they went back home and purchased a house and a couple of cars. They took trips and bought furniture. This couple even had kids and spent more money than they ever dreamed they could.…
As many gay celebrities poise to marry after the US Supreme Court declared the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) unconstitutional last month, Jane Lynch and wife Dr. Lara Embry, who were married in 2010 in Sunderland, Massachusetts, are preparing to divorce. The question is, will their home state of California allow them to dissolve their marriage? While Lynch and…
Recently the Pew Research Center released a study that determined that in 40% of American households woman were the primary breadwinner (Associated Press, 5/29/13.) Had the people at Pew asked an experienced family law attorney, they would not have needed to conduct the study in the first place. The study confirmed what those of us “in the know” already know;…
As you know if you’ve gone online, turned on your television or radio, or even picked up a newspaper recently, the issue of same sex marriage is a particularly hot topic right now. But it’s not a new issue, to be certain. And, in a relatively short period of time – from the Clinton administration to the Obama administration –…