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The administration’s tax plan eliminates the tax deduction on alimony There’s no longer a silver lining to paying spousal support. President Trump’s tax plan unveiled this week will abolish tax deductions on alimony. This won’t impact people who have already agreed on their payment amounts but — assuming the GOP tax bill is passed by […]

By Mitchell Hartman  The Republican tax plan would change alimony from something that is treated favorably for the people who have to pay it to something that is more of a tax burden. That’s because alimony payments would no longer be deductible from income on the payer’s tax return. The change could make divorce settlements […]

By Randall M. Kessler KS Family Law, LLC Photos of Family Law’s 25th Anniversary Celebration By Randall M. Kessler, Founding Partner of KS Family Law It is hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since we opened our doors on the 35th floor of what was at the time known as 101 Marietta Tower […]

By JEFFRY SCOTT If there are courtroom fireworks to be seen in the disintegrated marriage of the daughter of late singer James Brown and her husband, they’ll have to wait for the criminal trial, when she faces charges of allegedly stabbing him the day before her father’s burial. On Wednesday — with the custody of […]

O, Solomiany!  Marvin Solomiany is a family law attorney with a fascinating family history  BY KENNA SIMMONS “I don’t want you guys carrying an umbrella for a living.” Marvin Solomiany heard that often when he was growing up. His father was a salesman who once sold umbrellas to gas stations in Puerto Rico to earn […]

STAN KAADY O, Solomiany! Marvin Solomiany is a family law attorney with a fascinating family history BY KENNA SIMMONS “I don’t want you guys carrying an umbrella for a living.” Marvin Solomiany heard that often when he was growing up. His father was a salesman who once sold umbrellas to gas stations in Puerto Rico […]

Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, October, 1995 to 2008

By Randall M. Kessler Tip 1. Help your lawyer help you. Lawyers do not “know it all” and they certainly do not know you or your spouse. In fact, you probably know your spouse as well as anyone. So give your lawyer suggestions as to how to get through to your spouse. Does your spouse […]