Our CFL course taught you a lot about disputes involving marital and business partnerships. What happens when former spouses are now business partners, and one of them wants to increase a line of credit to expand the business? The Florida appeals court case of Lapcuic v. Lapciuc tackled that challenge. Case Facts Isaac Lapcuic…
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As you learned in the CFL course, handling prenuptial agreements after a divorce requires skill and care. You want to make sure you follow proper procedures, ideally, even before a couple ever signs one (if possible), because major disputes can occur if you don’t. That’s what happened in the recent Florida appeals court case of…
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Before you negotiate a strategy for dividing executive compensation, you should have a solid understanding of it and the process involved. In our recent webinar, Thomas T. Field of the Illinois law firm Beermann LLP and AACFL Advisory Faculty Member Jim Godbout, Principal at CliftonLarsonAllen discussed executive compensation. They went over the following forms of…
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The CFL course taught you the most practical ways to divide property in divorce settlements to avoid lengthy battles. Sometimes errors occur along the way, so an agreement that irons out every wrinkle will prevent confusion later. The recent Texas appeals court case of Garcia vs. Ruiz is an example of how property division mistakes…
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The CFL Credential has helped you with several financial aspects of divorce cases, from dividing stock options to calculating child support payments and separating property. One sometimes overlooked part of the law are cases that involve penalty provisions to fine a party as a form of punishment. In divorce matters, one spouse intends to use…
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In the CFL course, you learned a lot about property division, including an increasingly common part of “gray” divorces, retirement pensions. Oftentimes, in appeals cases like the Texas court saw recently with Burnett v. Burnett, a spouse won’t share their pension per the divorce decree, leading to a return to court. In this matter, the…
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Our CFL course walks you through the financial aspects of child support cases, including the best way to calculate payments. Like the recent New York appeals court case of English vs. Smith, you may face some roadblocks in settling child support payments. In this case, the father sought a change to the child support agreement…
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The knowledge you gain from the CFL Certification helps you divide property in divorce settlements successfully, even in tense situations. Separating property according to state law and a couple’s wishes is one thing, but it’s another when the court intervenes, like in the recent Texas appeals case of Alcedo v. Alcedo. Each party wanted to…
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In our CFL course, you learned a lot about how to look for assets and divide them fairly in property settlement agreements (PSAs). One or both parties usually talk to a lawyer before they proceed. But, as in the recent case of Hope-Harnish v. Harnish, that doesn’t always happen. The Court of Special Appeals in…
DetailsAs you learned in the CFL course, corporate distributions are among the forms of income that go into child support. The recent Rhode Island Supreme Court case of Trojan vs. Trojan touched on the issue of whether to include them. Trial Court Decision The Trojans married in 1990, and had a daughter, Tiffany, in…
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