With more and more couples focusing on their careers before marriage, chances are they might be more concerned about their assets and what could happened to them during a divorce. In many cases, this leads to couples signing prenuptial agreements prior to marriage,...
Month: March 2014
Divorced couple returns to courtroom with child support issue
Cameron Kennedy, ex-wife of former Director of the Office of Management, Peter Orszag, probably thought that financial dealings with her ex-husband would be over once they finalized their divorce in 2006. Everything seemed to be in order: the couple’s two...
Preparation before a divorce can eliminate stress, experts say
Let’s face it, not everyone is blind-sided by divorce. Though we might try to ignore the signs, most of us can anticipate the agonizing talk about divorce even before our spouse brings it up. For those of our Washington readers who can see their own impending...
Billionaire to maintain controlling stake in his company
Wealthy individuals in Washington who are going through a divorce may be interested to hear about a recent outcome in the divorce case of Harold Hamm, the billionaire founder of Continental Resources, Inc. Hamm's wife had been vying for his controlling stake in the...
Issues same-sex couples face during divorce proceedings
Whenever a Washington couple gets divorced, there are child custody, spousal support and other issues that must be worked out. When a same-sex couple gets divorced, those issues can be even more complicated. However, there are things that same-sex couples can do to...