Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. McDonald, ___ F. Supp. 3d ___, 2019 WL 2419659 (E.D. Mich. 2019) (a) Facts: Husband wife were divorced in Florida. Their divorce decree incorporated a property settlement agreement providing that the husband would name the wife as beneficiary of his employer-provided life insurance. Despite the…
Culwick v. Wood, 384 F. Supp. 3d 328 (E.D.N.Y. 2019) (a) Facts: Husband and wife were divorced. Their divorce decree incorporated a separation agreement. The agreement provided: [T]he Husband shall otherwise retain all pensions and annuities acquired by him at any time, including during the term of the marriage. .…
Miletello v. RMR Mech., Inc., 921 F.3d 493 (5th Cir. 2019) (a) Facts: Husband and wife were engaged in divorce proceedings. A settlement agreement awarded to the wife $500,000 of the funds in the husband’s 401(k) plan. Before the husband complied with the order, he died. Two days later, the…
Christopoulos v. Trout, 343 F. Supp. 3d 812 (N.D. Ill. 2018) (a) Facts: Husband filed a divorce action against wife in Illinois. Immediately thereafter, he changed the beneficiary of his employer-provided group life insurance, naming a series of relatives in varying percentages. The wife immediately asked the divorce judge to…
Garcia Tatupu v. Bert Bell/Peter Rozelle NFL Player Ret. Plan, 296 F. Supp. 3d 407 (D. Mass. 2017), aff’d, 747 F. App’x 873 (1st Cir. 2019) (a) Facts: The husband, a former NFL football player, was divorced from his wife in Massachusetts in 1997. The decree incorporated a separation agreement,…
Faust v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2019 105, 2019 WL 3938725 (2019) (a) Facts: Husband and wife were divorced in Virginia. The wife was a victim of spousal abuse during the marriage. She was Hispanic; English was not her first language. A divorce settlement agreement, incorporated into the divorce decree, required…
Siegel v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2019 11, 2019 WL 643186 (2019) (a) Facts: Husband and wife were divorced in New York. The final decree ordered the husband to pay to the wife spousal maintenance of $10,110 per month. The husband failed to pay, and the wife filed enforcement proceedings. The…
So, you have these sexual images of your ex in North Carolina that you think will embarrass him, but you should think twice before posting them on Facebook or publishing them anywhere else. Publication of naked pictures or other private images of a person without consent not only can subject…
Domestic abuse is a serious matter, and one not to be taken lightly. Sometimes, it is almost unimaginable. Mystery abounds. Why does one person hurt someone they love? And, moreover, why does someone who is hurt stay with the abuser? There are four types of abuse: physical, sexual, emotional/psychological, and…
Sharp v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2017‑208, 2017 WL 4973234 (2017) (a) Facts: A woman lived with a man in California. The couple was not married. The man had a child by a prior relationship, and the child had two minor children. The man was, therefore, the children’s biological grandfather.…