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Winter Greetings!
Greetings and welcome to the premier edition of our new quarterly newsletter. We are very excited to bring this newsletter to you. Our goal is to stay in contact with you, our client, and hopefully provide you with information and fun facts/tips that you will find useful. As you look through our premier edition you will see an article by one of our attorneys that provides insightful information. Claire's Tips will provide helpful tips throughout the year. Jenny's Fun Facts will provide fun facts you can always use to make you seem smarter at social engagements. We will also include a great recipe, because in these stressful times, who doesn't love to escape to some great comfort food? I know I do! So take a few minutes and read. Oh! And don't forget we always love to hear from you. If your personal information has changed or if you want to let us know how we are doing in providing excellent customer service, please fill out the last page, fold in half and return to us. Our goal is providing the highest level of customer service. Until next time, have a safe and warm as possible winter!
A Note From the Attorney
By Alan R. Krusch
Charting your expenses
Your family's lifestyle and reasonable needs are two components of expenses that play a part in a divorce. The task of budgeting your family's past, present, and future expenses may seem daunting. Here's some help to get you started.
In a divorce, you'll hear the phrases "maintain a lifestyle to which your family is accustomed" and "reasonable needs." There's an inherent conflict between the concepts of lifestyle and reasonable needs. The cost to meet the reasonable needs of your family may be much different than the cost of your lifestyle.
Webster's Dictionary defines "lifestyle" as the "consistent, integrated way of life of an individual as typified by his manner, attitudes, possessions, etc." Reasonable needs are those things necessary to sustain a family with the basic requirements. The qualifier "reasonable" adds the limitations of not excessive or extreme.
Jenny's Fun Facts:
By Jenny Pattana
- The words "insane" and "insanity" are not recognized medical terms but rather legal ones.
- The New Hampshire state motto of "Live Free or Die" is stamped on their license plates by prisoners housed in their Concord prison facility. North Carolina's license plates bear the motto "First in Flight," although they don't report an increase in prison escapee attempts.
- Just before President Kennedy gave Fidel Castro the ultimatum of removing ballistic missiles from Cuba, he ordered several boxes of his favorite cuban cigars just in case something should happen.
Claire's Winter Tip:
By Claire Krusch
Carry what you need
Outfitting your car for winter mishaps is an inexpensive and sensible way to be safety wise. Here's a checklist of what to carry on board:
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Winter Recipe: Gingerbread Cake
| Softened unsalted butter, as needed 1 cup vegetable oil, like soy, peanut, or corn 1 cup sugar 1 cup unsulphured molasses 1 to 2 tablespoons minced crystallized ginger 2 large eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten with a fork 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour |
1 tablespoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon fine salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup water 1 tablespoon baking soda Serving suggestions: Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream |
Lightly butter a 9 by 13 by 2-inch cake pan and line the bottom with a piece of parchment or wax paper. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
In a large bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, molasses, and crystallized ginger. Add the eggs and whisk until smooth. In another large bowl, whisk together the flour, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves. Whisk the molasses mixture into the flour mixture until evenly combined.
In a small saucepan, bring the water to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the baking soda. Whisk the hot water into the batter until just combined. Transfer the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake in the center of the oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
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