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By ALEX KRUTCHIK | Cleveland Jewish News The past year forced many people to face situations never experienced before. Because of COVID-19 lockdowns that swept the country for months, many people stayed with the person that lived in their house with them, whether it was roommates, parents or spouses. Because spouses were together nearly constantly, many theorized that divorce rates…
On May 3, well-known philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates announced they were ending their marriage after 27 years. Within her petition for divorce, Melinda Gates cited that the parties do not have a prenuptial agreement, but are asking the court to divide their assets pursuant to the terms of a mutually agreed upon separation agreement. Presently, the terms of the…
At the end of 2020, the Ohio General Assembly put forth a concerted effort to reform and improve the State’s criminal justice system. In fact, Governor Mike DeWine signed into law five separate bills focusing on criminal justice reform. While some of the more progressive proposals may have failed to pass the Ohio Legislature (specifically the proposed Ohio House Bill…
Most people have heard of the legal document called a power of attorney, but few understand the true effectiveness and limitations of a POA. To make sense of this and related documents, one must first unpack an alphabet soup of legal terms. To start with, the person that initiates and signs the POA is the principal or grantor. The person…
As technology continues to progress, access to our everyday lives continues to increase. The more accessible we become, the more potential pitfalls grow. It is unlikely that a clearer example of this trend exists than in the realm of divorce. Our technological footprints follow us everywhere we go, and when a divorce turns contentious, our former spouses and partners may…
Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to invent something. Being that I’m a lawyer, not an engineer or artist, I have always known this was more of wish than a real possibility. However, my itch to invent was scratched when I found “Shark Tank,” the reality-based television show in which inventors and entrepreneurs present business opportunities to investors…
Following the birth of my daughter, my spouse and I began looking at college tuition rates and anxiously saying to one another, “if college is expensive now, imagine how expensive it will be in 18 years.” This “sticker shock” led me to research, and eventually open, one of the most commonly used educational savings accounts for the benefit of our…
Since March of this year, I have received a steady stream of short, comical videos my friends created and crafted with the assistance of the social media app TikTok. I assumed this new directorial hobby was the spawn of quarantine boredom and would quickly fizzle out along with the app itself. I was wrong. According to Forbes Magazine, TikTok is…
Election Day has come, and in theory gone, and although we have a reprieve from the political ads and campaign mailers, the election remains in the headlines. Since Joe Biden was declared president-elect, the Trump campaign has been working tirelessly to defend the president’s position and to keep former Vice President Biden out of the White House through the filing…
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want” – Calvin & Hobbes For many Americans, the decision as to when to retire is one to be labored over and discussed at length. Unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic is playing an important role in that decision. Most notably, statistics have shown that retirement-eligible Americans are opting to leave the…