Bankruptcy Court Clarifies What Constitutes an Educational Loan
The excitement of receiving an offer from a person’s preferred college often overshadows the reality of figuring out how to pay for the degree, and many would certainly not think that going to college could lead them to contemplate bankruptcy. Since free higher education is not offered to Americans, like it is in Europe, absent...
When Will a Court Modify Child Custody?
Usually, parties to a divorce feel some sense of relief once the process is over and the judgment of dissolution is in hand. Now that decisions have been made about the division of legal and physical custody of a couple’s children, all that remains is carrying out the plan entered and approved by the court....
Bankruptcy and Home Mortgages: What Happens to Your Home?
Owning a home is a dream that most Americans hold and view as a mark of financial success. Many would do almost anything to keep a home if threats loomed from outside. The foreclosure crisis, spurred by the 2007 recession, brought this threat to the doorstep of many homes as banks sent out foreclosure notices...
How is Child Support Calculated in Indiana?
Most people would agree that being a single parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world. It is a tremendous responsibility for any parent to bear the burden of guiding and providing for a child from birth to the age of 18, but this duty is even greater when primarily borne by just...
Which Debts Cannot Be Discharged in Bankruptcy?
Sometimes things happen in life that compromise a person’s financial stability and overwhelm a person with debt that he or she may not have the money to pay off. Bankruptcy is the option many people choose in this situation so they can get creditors off their backs and start over financially without the burden of...
Alternatives to a Traditional Divorce: Conciliation and Mediation
The process of divorce is often full of emotion that extends beyond the couple seeking to dissolve its union. Few come to this decision lightly or quickly, and seeds of animosity that typically spark the desire to end a marriage can easily fuel hostility that drags out the divorce case and leaves everyone feeling dissatisfied....
How to Modify Child Support Payments in Indiana
Most parents realize the importance of child support to the wellbeing of their child and pay the money ordered by the court without question. But, events can happen in anyone’s life that completely upend all plans and good intentions such as extended unemployment, major illness or a serious accident. Any of these items will dramatically...
How is Property Divided in a Divorce?
The divorce process can bring up many emotions as each person tries to work through the financial and lifestyle adjustments that come when a family separates. These emotional changes can also be compounded by the legal issues most commonly involved in any divorce – child custody, visitation, child support, and property division.  Discussion around any...
How to Enforce Out-of-State Child Support Orders
Providing financial support for a child is the legal obligation of all parents and does not disappear when a couple divorces or separates, regardless of the amount of parenting time a parent is granted. Child support payments are needed to provide a child with basic necessities of living, and the parent not receiving this money...
When is Grandparent Visitation Permitted Under Indiana Law?
Divorce and the separation of families has consequences that reach far beyond the borders of the central family unit. Extended family members, neighbors and friends commonly bear the fallout of these situations when people move away or become less social as a consequence of the breakdown in relationships. The loss of these connections is especially...