Family Law

Rhode Island Divorce Lawyer - Tips about Your Marital Home
Retirement accounts in divorce actions usually include any number of types of accounts. The following are just a few. Annuities Pensions 401(K) Plans 403(B) Plans SEP Plans (Simplified Employee Pension Plans) IRAs (Individual Retirement Accounts) Both prior to and during the course of many marriages retirement accounts are formed and appreciate...

Survey Shows Americans Prefer to Hang on to Their Retirement Accounts
The following is from Eileen Alt Powell, Americans Delay Spending IRAs, sfgate.com, Jan. 27, 2008: Americans who have money stored in Individual Retirement Accounts tend to hang on to it for use in the later years of their retirement, according...

Spouses: Make Sure You Have Beneficiaries for Your Accounts.
If you and your spouse keep separate financial accounts and/or retirement accounts (for whatever reason), please make sure you have a beneficiary designated for these accounts. Nearly every financial product, whether it be life insurance, annuity, IRA, brokerage account and...

CRS report discusses Roth and traditional IRAs
RL34397 Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer March 03, 2003 In response to concerns over the adequacy of retirement savings, Congress has created incentives to encourage individuals to save more for retirement through a variety of retirement...

Divorce Finances
Five things every woman needs to know about divorce and making sure you're taken care of. First, many states determine the value of retirement assets to be split based on the official date of separation, not divorce...

Court order needed to split retirement accounts in divorce
Q: You wrote in a column that there is a one-time reprieve from early-withdrawal penalties if you cash out. I am recently divorced and my ex has his 401(k) account with about $3,000 that is mine...

Divorce Overview
What are the grounds and steps to get divorced?

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
Select a counselor carefully

ERISA Pension Benefits after Termination
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Traditional and Roth 401Ks
Selecting the right Retirement Plan

Divorce Attorneys
How to choose family law practitioner for divorce matters

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

Divorce Slander
Sara Evans pays ex husband $600,000 in alimony divorce settlement.

NBA Divorce
Michael Jordan pays former wife $168 million divorce settlement.

UAB Health System and Franklin Collection Service
allegedly violated the RICO Act in collection practices on delinquent patient accounts.

AIG
and Ex Execs to pay $115 Million to Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana

Sprint Nextel
alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Retirement Home Unkempt
Village and Developer pay $40 million in class action lawsuit.