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Ask Carolyn: Is My Ex Cohabiting? Will that Terminate My Alimony?

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Dear Carolyn, My ex is receiving alimony, which I obviously do not want to pay.  She has a son, by another marriage, who is a heroin addict.  My ex-wife began dating shortly after our divorce, and she seems quite entrenched with this guy.  He stays over at my ex’s on…

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Ask Carolyn: Facebook Posts as Evidence in Custody Cases

Dear Carolyn, My ex is all over Facebook about what she did with the kids during Spring Break. She apparently took some young woman with her to babysit so she could spend more time with her boyfriend on the Florida beach. She posted my little boy “buck naked” on the…

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Alimony Tax Reform: Part 3

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Forget it! Forget about the alimony deduction for all new decrees or instruments post-2019. (See Part I for modification of pre-2019 alimony orders and agreement, as modification has a separate set of rules.) The deduction is gone absent a congressional miracle. That means on December 31, 2018, or before you…

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Alimony Tax Reform: Part II, section 2

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Previously, we examined the paragraph and subparagraphs defining “divorce or separation instruments.” Now let’s take a look at which sections of TCJA incorporate these subparagraphs. Sections incorporating all three subparagraphs of the definition of divorce or separation instrument Post-2018. The two sections of TCJA that adopt all three subparagraphs of…

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Alimony Tax Reform: Part 2, Section 1

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

The repeal of the alimony tax sections for the inclusion of income and deduction has an ancillary impact on other divorce tax issues. The effective date for all ancillary issues discussed in this article is December 31, 2018, the same as the alimony repeal. These December 31, 2018, changes shall…

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Alimony Tax Reform: Part I

Carolyn Woodruff, J.D., C.P.A, C.V.A.

Divorce was hard enough, and now alimony tax reform. Do you feel good or bad about alimony? No matter your answer, this alimony tax reform revolutionizes the divorce arena, and you need to know how it may affect you and your clients. Judges need to know how it might affect…

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Cheaters never prosper

Dear Carolyn, My husband is having an affair with his secretary and I want to get that woman.  I kicked him out of our home on New Year’s Day when he made an excuse that he had to go by the office for something (something? Right?), and my detective caught…

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