Fields and Dennis LLP

06/02/2026

Unequal inheritance questions can often be fraught: a Mom wonders if leaving daughter "token amount" will cause conflict between her children https://www.washingtonpost.com/advice/2026/04/20/asking-eric-unequal-inheritance-daughters/

05/29/2026

Estate planning remains an underestimated part of financial planning, even though it has unintended consequences for everyone -- not just the wealthy

Estate planning remains one of the most overlooked areas of personal finance — not because families lack awareness, but because too many people still believe it can wait.

05/29/2026

World divorce rates vs. US divorce rates: how does the US compare and what economic and social factors make divorce more likely ?

Who is sticking together and toughing it out over the long haul in marriage? Here is a glance at the countries with the lowest divorce rates around the globe.

05/26/2026

Divorce and Assisted Reproductive Technology: IVF battles can become part of divorce if the marriage ends before conception https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/ivf-embryos-custody.html

05/22/2026

Prioritizing caregiving over finances and other takeaways from Belle Burden's "Strangers"

A divorce attorney explores how conditioning, blind trust, fear of conflict, financial dependence, and emotional investment influence women’s relationships with money in marriage.

05/22/2026

6 documents that provide the basis for a strong estate plan

Estate planning isn't just for the wealthy. In fact, middle-class families often have the most to lose when someone dies without a plan

05/21/2026

Wife is accused of signing away property management business to ensure divorcing spouse can't acess 200 million fortune https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/report-200m-divorce-forces-heiress-to-forfeit-control-of-business/

05/20/2026

"Divorce was a fear as a child, but now I wish my parents had split"

I spent my childhood terrified my parents would split. Now I realize I grew up in a marriage that should have ended.

05/19/2026

Facilitating the conversation between adult children and older parents: strategies to combat anxiety and avoidance

Advisors "can move a conversation in 30 minutes that a family has avoided for 30 years," planner Jim Crider says.

05/15/2026

2 ways to protect your finances if your marriage gets rocky

Make sure you know how much is in all of your mutual accounts, says Parima Pandkhou, divorce attorney at Wasser, Cooperman & Mandles.