Co-parenting with your former partner or spouse can be challenging in the best of times. The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has certainly made co-parenting more challenging than usual, even for parents who deal with one another well--and new questions are...
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What Is a Divorce? The Answer Might Not Be as Simple as You Think
The answer to the question seems simple. Everyone knows what a divorce is, right? Well… maybe not. In its simplest—but most legally technical—form, a divorce in the State of Ohio is an adversarial legal action between two individuals who are legally married, the...
Divorce and the Family Business (Part 3 of 3): Separate and Marital Property?
The first two articles in this three-part series have dealt with identifying the nature of business assets that are subject to a divorce, as well as beginning the process of having those business interests valued. In this third and final installment, we address...
Divorce and the Family Business (Part 2 of 3): What is It Worth?
Last week was the first in a series of three articles regarding divorce and the family business. In the first article we provided a basic introduction to identifying the type of business asset owned by either spouse. We also discussed the likely documentation that...
Divorce and the Family Business (Part 1 of 3): What Do You Own?
Most of us have been touched at some point in our lives by divorce. Often, this is a terribly chaotic experience for everyone involved. And this chaos can be easily magnified when there is a family business that is owned, in whole or in part, by one or both...