While the most common way to end a marriage is litigation, mediation can be an excellent alternative. This method for divorce is gaining popularity because it is perceived as healthier and more peaceful. As the couple makes decisions on all matters of the divorce...
Similar to disaster relief bills of the past, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748) or the (“Bill”) adds flexibility to the use of retirement funds by waiving the 10 percent early withdrawal penalty for distributions up to $100,000...
ANNE SCHMIDT MANAGING PARTNER, THE LAW OFFICES OF ANNE SCHMIDT, LLC Anne Prenner Schmidt is an accomplished family lawyer and certified Mediator. She draws on her legal and business experience to help resolve the issues that arise during the difficult process of...
WITH ANNE PRENNER SCHMIDT THE LAW OFFICES OF ANNE SCHMIDT LLC Q: How does a Collaborative Divorce differ from a typical litigated divorce? A: Divorce can be one of the most difficult and emotional periods in life. Compounding that stress with needless and costly...
ANNE SCHMIDT Managing Partner The Law Offices of Anne Schmidt My family law practice specializes in collaboration and mediation to help clients avoid a litigated process. My goal is to help people realize that there is a different way to work through the dissolution...
Learn how QDROs can also be used as an enforcement tool to pay maintenance or child support, and how you can retrieve all or a portion of the child support arrearages from the non-custodial spouse’s retirement plan. Originally recorded as part of Child Support and...
In what will be seen by many as a victory for the Christian right and a blow to the LGBTQ community, the U.S. Supreme Court let a challenge go forward this week to Houston’s practice of providing benefits such as health insurance to the same-sex spouses of city...
This article was co-authored by Patrick T. Ryan and Anne Prenner Schmidt In many cases, Employee Benefit plans represent the most valuable asset accumulated during the marriage. Dividing these funds in the event of a divorce can be a complex process and often have...
One of the issues that many people must consider when going through a divorce is health care costs. How do you even begin to navigate what you should anticipate for health care costs going forward, especially with the possible reality that obtaining health insurance...
In 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges held that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution. Obergefell provides a date in which same-sex...
