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Maggie Terrasi is an attorney in Southeast Michigan, having graduated from thelaw schoolin 2003. Having 12 years of professional experience, she works with families to help them through the difficult times of custody or divorce and has been able to help clients protect their assets with estate planning ideas. Maggie has a teenage daughter, who she enjoys spending time with. She also enjoys reading, scrapbooking, going to the movies and spending time with her family.
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Going through a divorce can be physically and mentally draining. But what adds to your emotional turmoil is the legalities involved in it. The process torments you until you have the divorce decree in your hand. Even after all the lawful proceedings and the ending of the trials, your divorce is not considered final until you receive the settlement and decree. So you must be wondering what this decree is and how long you have to wait to obtain this court document after filing for a divorce. Read on as we tell you all the important details regarding a divorce decree in the US, the contents and duration for issuing the document, and more in this post. But before we proceed, let’s look at the US divorce rate in 2021. Divorce rates in the US have been notoriously high, but over the last few years, this number has seen a decline. As observed in the graph below, the number of...
Divorce not only breaks a person emotionally but also pushes them into a financial crisis. If you were dependent on your partner financially, separating from them limits your money sources. US government provides Social security benefits for divorced spouses to help them cope with the situation until they become financially stable and independent. Keep reading as we talk about social security benefits and how you can avail of them. [mj-toc]What Is Social Security? Social security or the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program is a financial security given to the American citizens. It comes in the form of retirement benefits, supplemental security income (SSI), disability benefits, and benefits for spouses or other survivors of a family member who's passed away (1). It is a program where the taxpayers pay a certain percentage of their earnings as social security taxes. This is used to pay the social security beneficiaries. Let’s know how divorced persons are eligible to get the...