Month: December 2016

Can We File a Joint Tax Return the Same Year We Get Divorced? Tax returns can be filed as married filing jointly if the parties were divorced by December 31st of the tax year. So for instance, if the divorce was final on December 30th, they could not file jointly and that includes the waiting period from […]

Can I Modify My Divorce Agreement? Divorce agreements are often in need of changing as time goes along. Obviously, people’s lives change. Their needs change. Their incomes change. Their schedules change. So a typical reason that a divorce agreement might be modified is the parenting schedule has to change because someone’s work schedule changed or […]