Divorce

Without a court order, your spouse may not deny you access to your home. That said, it sounds like your situation may be beyond something you should try to work out on your own. Your attorney should notify the court of the situation and ask the judge to put a stop to it. Your spouse will … [Read more...] about How Do I Get My Belongings If My Spouse Has Locked Me Out Of Our House?

Unless your spouse received permission from the court – and you have been served with a temporary restraining order – then you are being illegally locked out of your home. While your impulse may be to go and argue your way back in, don’t. The best way to handle this situation is to tell your … [Read more...] about My Spouse Has Locked Me Out Of Our House. Can I Go Back In?

You and your spouse are both entitled to an equitable distribution of marital assets and debts. In situations where a married couple buys a home together, the house can be considered a marital asset, but in your situation, it sounds like it was an asset you brought into the marriage and would be … [Read more...] about If I Owned Our Home Before I Was Married, To What Is My Spouse Entitled?

Whether it’s not paying maintenance or child support, playing with the rules around visitation and custody, or engaging in harassing communications, for some ex-spouses, the post-divorce landscape includes an ex who simply won’t comply with court orders. When that happens, and especially if your … [Read more...] about My Ex-Spouse Is Not Doing Something The Court Ordered. What Do I Do?

New York courts understand that spouses have an obligation to care for one another, and in a marriage, it is recognized that one spouse often makes material sacrifices that diminish his or her earning potential or existing resources. If you are the lower earning spouse in a marriage that is … [Read more...] about Can I Get Maintenance During And After The Divorce?

For some couples, dividing assets is a pretty simple process. For others, there are complex financial considerations and long term calculations that have to be made. If you and your spouse started a business together during the marriage, it is marital property whose disposition will have to be … [Read more...] about We Own A Business Together – Who Gets To Keep It?