Carl P. DeLuca, Attorney at Law, LLC
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Wondering if you should call a Rhode Island lawyer after your injury or accident? The answer may surprise you. Injured in an accident? You’re not alone. According to the CDC, unintentional injuries result in an astounding 30 million visits to the emergency room each year. After you assess your health situation, one of the first questions on your mind following an accident might be whether or not you should engage a Rhode Read More …
In 2017, Congress passed one of the largest tax cuts in history: the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, TCJA for short. The tax cuts had the potential to increase the budget deficit. Therefore, Congress eliminated the deductibility of alimony to help address that potential increase. As a result, as of December 31, 2018, alimony Read More …
If you are getting divorced or contemplating divorce you may want to consider how the decisions you make during your divorce can affect the way student financial aid is determined for college bound children. In Rhode Island, the courts have no authority to require either parent to provide support after a child turns 18. However, Read More …
Supreme Court of RI, Silvestro GLIOTTONE v. Jeff ETHIER et al. No. 2004-162-Appeal. In this case, Carl P. DeLuca, Esq. represented a party who had been in a car accident in Providence, Rhode Island and brought a claim against the party that struck him. The party, Driver 1, had been rendered unconscious as a result of Read More …
How Does the Rhode Island Family Court Divide Property During a Divorce? A Family Court judge in Rhode Island determines how property is distributed in a divorce in a three step process. FIRST, the judge must identify which assets are marital property. In doing so, the judge must exclude the following three categories of property: Read More …
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has indicated that ” [t]he guiding principle in setting a child-support award is to balance the needs of the child against the financial ability of the absent parent.” Paradiso v. Paradiso, 122 R.I. 1, 3, 404 A.2d 60, 61 (1979). ” A court may consider all Read More …