Changing Interest Rates and Divorce: How This Affects Keeping or Selling the Marital Home

 When a couple divorces, they must divide their marital estate, which may include the home they shared as a couple or family. Sometimes, divorcing couples choose to sell the marital home as each spouse downsizes their living space. However, due to current interest rates, many divorcing couples face significant complications in selling marital homes.   […]

Podcast: How to Separate Your Finances During Divorce

Are you going through a divorce and unsure where to start when it comes to separating your finances? Lisa Zeiderman, Esq., CDFA, CFL, a Certified Financial Litigator with Miller Zeiderman LLP, breaks down the key financial steps you need to take before, during, and after your divorce. In this episode, she also explains the differences between a […]

What If I Used My Inherited Assets to Buy a House and Put It into Joint Names?

Did you use your own inheritance to help you buy a house? If so, and you’re currently going through a divorce, you’re probably concerned about how that could affect your right to the property, especially if you put your spouse’s name on the title.   Understanding Inheritances  Married spouses may each receive inheritances from their […]

How Changes In Interest Rates Can Affect Divorcing Couples

The discussion around inflation and interest rates is not going away. While the Federal Reserve is expected to further cut interest rates over the next year, as relevant economic data comes in regularly, no one knows for sure what will happen.   As a family law attorney who works closely with financial advisors to create […]

You Are the Female Breadwinner: What You Need to Know In Divorce

In recent years, I’ve seen an increase in cases involving women earning the lion’s share of the family income, and then having to pay spousal support to their spouse. It has been reported that more than 53% of married-couple families had earnings from both the wife and the husband. Not only that, but women are […]

Navigating a New Significant Other, Children, and the Holidays

Recoupling during the holidays can be harder for your child than divorce.   KEY POINTS While parents may have had plenty of time to process the end of the marriage, this might be new information for a child. For children, the introduction of a new “step-person” may require they adjust to new siblings, home, routines, […]

Lisa Zeiderman Named New York Super Lawyer in Family Law in 2022

New York— September 29, 2022 – Lisa Zeiderman, Managing Partner of Miller Zeiderman, a matrimonial and family law firm with offices in New York City and Westchester County, once again has been named to the 2022 New York Super Lawyers list. Ms. Zeiderman has been named to the Super Lawyers list for the last three […]

Lisa Zeiderman Named to Crain’s Notable Women in Law list for 2022

Lisa has been named to the prestigious Crain’s New York Notable Women in Law list for 2022.  Crain’s describes the selection in the following way: Despite the gains for women in the legal field in both representation and pay, they still lag their male counterparts by a wide margin. The pandemic has made the situation […]