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How to Get Some Relief From Property Taxes

Property taxes can be a financial killer when it comes to affording your new home. In fact, New Jersey has the honor of having the highest property taxes in the nation. When money becomes tight, it is easy to decide to pay the mortgage company, which could foreclose...

Title Insurance: What is it and do You Need it?

So, you are getting close to closing on your home, and you have received a disclosure with a long list of costs and fees. The closing costs—the money you will have to pay in order to close—is giving you sticker shock. There are fees, and insurances and taxes and...

Texas Man Who had Affair Ordered to Pay $8.8 Million

Affairs that break up marriages can be heartbreaking and devastating to families. To one man in Texas who had an affair with a married woman, his affair also potentially cost him $8.8 million dollars. Damages for Interfering in an Intact Marriage The man was ordered...

Why 2018 is “The Year of the Divorce”

Have you gotten divorced yet? If not, you only have five months left. That is, six months before new tax laws come into play that could affect your case if you wait until 2019 to get divorced. New Tax Laws are Coming Under the current tax law (until 2019), someone who...

Dividing a Marital Home in a Divorce Takes Special Planning

In New Jersey, the marital home can be one of the biggest assets during negotiations of equitable distribution in a divorce proceeding. In many cases, equity or value in a home can be a lifesaver by providing a spouse, or in some cases both spouses, “starter money” to...