by Megan Cook | May 8, 2020 | Covid-19, Divorce Rate
We compared how many people started a divorce in Houston in February of 2020, (prior to the Covid-19 Pandemic impacting the U.S.) to April (during the Covid-19 Pandemic impact). We did not review the March divorce rate, since many were not impacted with work or... by Megan Cook | May 1, 2020 | Not Married
... by Megan Cook | Apr 27, 2020 | Retirement in Divorce
If you have a 401(k) or other retirement account with Fidelity, I hope this post will give you a piece of guidance for your starting point. When it comes to dividing retirement in a divorce case, there is a specific document that is used to divide each retirement... by Megan Cook | Apr 27, 2020 | Military Divorce
Here is the hypothetical problem. The spouses get divorced. One spouse served the military for 20 years and makes 5K per month in disposable retired pay. The other spouse is supposed to receive 50% of this disposable retired pay, so $2,500 per month. But, the... by Megan Cook | Apr 27, 2020 | Domestic Relations Orders, Marital Property, Military Divorce
This post briefly guides the reader on how the award language is drafted in a military domestic relations order in the instance that the service member getting divorced is already retired. In these cases, the calculations are much less complicated because high-36 is...