The Barker Chronicles

The way you treat your partner has a significant impact on the likelihood of a split. If you are unable to talk about difficult subjects and withdraw and stonewall your partner, a divorce may be looming. Moreover, if you treat your partner with contempt and you overly criticize them, your ...

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Ms. Barker will be one of the influential women to be honored at the 2018 Tribute to Women of INfluence (TWIN) Event on December 6. The TWIN program honors women who have made significant contributions to industry in managerial, executive, supervisory and/or professional roles. It also recognizes ...

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We have all heard of staying together for the sake of the children, but have your heard of getting a divorce to safeguard the children's inheritance? It happens more often than you may think and one of the most recent occurrences is in a case currently before the courts in Palm Beach County, ...

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In January, my husband and I went to renew one of our children's passports. The process was an inconvenience to say the least. We had to gather documents proving that we were the parents of our child and we had to coordinate our schedules so that we could take our child to the post office ...

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On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. One big change in the act is that alimony payments are no longer tax deductible by the ex-spouse paying the alimony. According to the House Ways and Means Committee, which helped to draft the new tax laws, the ability to ...

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One of the most contentious issues of divorce is holiday parenting time. Usually parenting time for the holidays and vacations supersede the regular access schedule. Typically parents agree without difficulty on a parenting time schedule and will alternate holiday parenting time. So for example if ...

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About five years ago a friend informed me that her son was getting married in two months and invited me to the wedding.  I told her congratulations and that I would be happy to attend.  Knowing her son was in his second year in law school and that his fiancé was not currently enrolled in school I ...

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We may think the prenuptial agreement ("prenup") is a new tool used by matrimonial lawyers to help minimize the risk involved in a divorce.  However, prenups are ancient and were used throughout history to protect the rights of women.  For example, in the Jewish faith the prenup is called the ...

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Most married couples do not live their lives under the assumption that they will someday divorce.  Even couples who are having difficulty in their marriages tend to believe that their problems will work out and they will remain married.  As a result, spouses, when filing joint tax returns, usually ...

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The vast majority of family law cases settle before going to trial.  In order to settle a case, both parties must negotiate in good faith and both parties and their lawyers must provide adequate disclosure to the other party.  If it is later found out that one of the parties was not forthcoming, the ...

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