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Is A Withdrawal From a 401(k) During A Divorce Considered A Financial Hardship?
Whether or not a divorce qualifies as a "hardship" for a 401(k) withdrawal is not up to the Court. That decision would rest with the rules controlling your specific account. That said, if, as a result of your final decree in divorce (or another Order of Court which...
read moreCan I Withdraw Money Before My Divorce is Complete?
Quick Answer: Can I withdraw money before my divorce is complete? Withdrawing funds to hide them from the other party in a divorce or to simply deny the other party access to those funds is very likely to cause one a very serious problem in the case. Using such funds...
read moreCOVID-19 and Davis Divorce Law
WE ARE OPEN! Davis Divorce Law is open and operating daily as usual. If you are already a client, your divorce action will continue as originally planned without delay. If you want to start your divorce and become a client, we are accepting new cases and will...
read moreDo You Have To Split Your Retirement After A Divorce?
People getting divorced have a tendency to think of certain things as just belonging solely and exclusively to just themselves and that their spouses have no right to claim those things or any part of them. Perhaps it is natural to think that if one earned something...
read moreHow Long Must One Be Married for Alimony in Pennsylvania?
There are a number of theories floating around in Pennsylvania as to how long one must be married before alimony may be successfully demanded in a divorce. Some courts have been known to apply such theories, one being that a qualifying spouse will get one year of...
read moreIs a Spouse Responsible for Credit Card Debt in Pennsylvania?
Let's make one thing clear from the start: Pennsylvania requires spouses to take care of each other. That applies mainly to what are referred to as "necessaries" in the law, and that encompasses more than food, clothing and shelter. An example of an exception would...
read moreShould I Pay Off Credit Cards Before a Pennsylvania Divorce?
The answer depends on your (and your spouse's) individual circumstances. A number of questions affect the advice. Do you both have incomes and how much and how do they compare to one another? How many card accounts have balances? What cards are in whose name(s)? ...
read moreShould I move out before my Pennsylvania divorce?
When it's time for divorce, even though one party begins to consider it before the other, both spouses would much prefer not to be under the same roof together. Accordingly, if you really cannot stand it any longer (and especially if your personal safety in endangered...
read moreDoes it matter who files a Pennsylvania uncontested divorce first?
Technically, the law prohibits "multiplicity of litigation". Simply put, that means there ought to be only one legal action filed regarding the same issue or problem, such as a divorce. Accordingly, the person who files the divorce first controls the divorce process...
read moreCan my spouse divorce me in Pennsylvania without me knowing?
Over the decades, once in a great while, I have been contacted by a defendant (not my client, but my client's ex) in a divorce I filed or by such a person's lawyer and was informed that that defendant just found out, many months or even years later, that my client had...
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