To ensure a smooth transition into your post-divorce new normal, your Koenig│Dunne team has identified the following important actions for you to take: Informational filing. If support (child support and/or alimony) has been ordered in your case, Nebraska law requires you to provide the clerk of the court with your address, telephone number, social security…
A wave of nausea hit my stomach every time I thought about it. There was a conversation about our financial obligations for our kids that I needed to have with my former spouse that I did not want to have. I dreaded it. I delayed it. I downright ignored it. Our co-parenting relationship has been…
After the initial documents of a divorce have been filed, the “discovery” phase begins. Discovery refers to the legal process of exchanging information and documents between spouses that are needed to either come to a settlement agreement or prepare for trial. This process often requires spouses to gather a number of financial documents and to…
I could feel it before I could see it. I knew immediately that something was off. I walked down the courthouse corridor, unaware at first that I was walking directly down the battle line. I spotted my client and his family nervously waiting for me. I did not recognize, because they were strangers to me,…
One of the first “unknowns” you may encounter when you begin the divorce process is who will get to stay in the marital residence while the divorce is pending. Regardless of whether your marital residence is an apartment or house, whether you’re renting or you own the property, the court can order one spouse to…
“It was SO much fun!!” they cried in a collective chorus as they greeted me. My daughters had just returned to my house after 12 days away with their dad, stepmom, and his extended family. I unabashedly let the tears fall down my face as I pulled them in for a tight three-way hug. Knowing…
The flood of legal documents filed at the beginning of a divorce can seem both overwhelming and incomprehensible. These legal documents are often written in thick “legalese,” and their purposes are not always discernable without context. Here are simple explanations of the five legal documents commonly filed at the beginning of a divorce: The Complaint…
