With the aging of the Baby Boomer generation and the increase in “gray divorces” that we are seeing in the Dallas, Texas area, I am more frequently being asked about the effect of social security benefits in divorces.
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Social Media and Divorce Interview
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I was fortunate to be interviewed yesterday by Doug Currin of KCEN-TV out of Waco, Texas. We discussed the growing trend of using social media in divorce litigation. I told him of several instances where we’ve used social media.
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Am I still entitled to my ex’s social security benefits after our divorce?
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I recently came across an excellent article on the Wall Street Journal’s website entitled, How Divorce Affects Your Social Security (Or Not). As a Dallas divorce lawyer, I am frequently asked about post-divorce entitlement to social security benefits. From the outset, it should be noted that unlike most other areas of martial property law, benefits arising from the Social Security Act are preempted by Federal Law from being characterized as community property. Because of this preemption, we have to look to federal law to determine what affect divorce plays on social security benefits.
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What You Say on Facebook Can (& Will) Be Used Against You!
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What You Post on Facebook Can Harm your Dallas Divorce case!
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Facebook No No’s in Divorce
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Time Magazine has an article entitled Facebook and Divorce dated June 22, 2009 touting the relationship between Facebook and other social networking media and divorce litigation. As the age of online-social-network users creeps up, it overlaps more with the age of divorce-lawyer users, resulting in the kind of semipublic laundry-airing that can turn aggrieved spouses into enraged ones and friends into embarrassed spectators, states the article by reporter Belinda Luscombe.
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