Blog Posts in June, 2017

Immigration Policy Promises Looking Bleak

The campaign promises of the current president were mostly based on immigration policy. The current president promised the American people he would deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States. He also pledged to crack down on the immigration of potential terrorists, passing two Executive Orders (EO) that have since been challenged in court for being unconstitutional. Part of ...

Congress Cracking Down on H-1B Abuse

H-1B visas are nonimmigrant visas that allow U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations temporarily. Employers who use them say the visas are crucial because they allow workers outside the country to fill skill gaps in the U.S. workforce. In 2016, the demand for the visas was also 3 times higher than the annual limit of 85,000. However, critics of the visas believe outsourcing ...

Forensic Accountants and Divorce

Forensic accounting is a field that specializes in engagements resulting from anticipated or actual disputes or litigation. In other words, forensic accountants investigate financial records and behavior. Certified forensic accountants (CRFAC) can be witnesses in a court of law and often give expert evidence in trials. In divorces, therefore, sometimes forensic accountants are called in to ...

How Does Equitable Distribution Work in High-Asset Cases?

Property division can be one of the most challenging and time-consuming aspects of a divorce. The process can become even more muddled, therefore, if one or both partners in a divorce is a high net worth individual. Why high net-worth individuals often have a harder time divorcing is equitable division. During property division, the couple’s marital assets will be divided equitably between them. ...

How Does Inheritance Affect Equitable Distribution?

Property division in divorce can be incredibly complicated. If you’re getting a divorce, you might be worried about what will happen to your inheritance. Does it have to be divided during equitable division or can you keep it? While Florida does divide property equitably, it only does so with marital assets. Marital assets and liabilities are property and debts that the couple acquired together ...

Refund of Immigration Bond

Step 1 : Collect the original bond receipt, which was completed on Form I-305 and a copy of the bond contract, which was completed on Form I-352 . Step 2 : ICE will notify the Debt Management Center (DMC) of the immigration bond’s cancellation. Step 3 : DMC will issue a Notice of Immigration Bond Cancellation on Form I-391 to Obligor. Step 4 : Mail Form I-391 , Form I-305 , and Form I-352 to the ...

Compromise in Marriage

People will tell you one of the hardest things in the world is marriage. Others will say it’s one of the easiest. However, one of the things that can contribute to the dissolution of marriage is arguments. For example, if people continuously argue with their spouses about finances, their marriages could be put in jeopardy. This statistic is unsurprising given people are now living longer and ...