A common feature of a divorce settlement between the parents of children is the parenting plan. This agreement is often made during child custody arrangements to determine how parenting duties will be divided in a way that best benefits the child. In many cases,...
Month: May 2012
Disabled vet challenges spousal support ruling
If the United States Supreme Court agrees to consider the petition of a disabled veteran and reverses an Oregon state court decision that ruled against him in a divorce case, a number of ex-spouses in Florida and every other state in the country except Arizona will be...
Divorce considerations: children with special needs
Issues relating to children are often of central importance in a couple's divorce, and this is often a pronounced concern when a child with special needs is a family member.Divorce discussions and negotiations frequently enough center on matters such as child custody...
Multiple military deployments: Barometer for stress and divorce
Repeated deployments to combat areas in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on many hundreds of thousands of military veterans and their families.Some adjust to the added stress, unique to combat-area vets and something they view as hard to impart to civilian...
International child custody dispute centers on Gaza
Calling it "a very tragic situation," a Middle East scholar and expert on Islamic Sharia law says that an American citizen and mother of three children "faces substantial hurdles to secure the return of her children" following their removal from the United States to...
If you think your spouse is spying on you, read this
Spy gadgets haven't always had a practical application in society, but more and more often they're becoming relevant in an unexpected field: divorce.Although it may seem outside the realm of possibility for some divorcing spouses, the cold hard truth is that spouses...
Pinault, Evangelista child support trial ends with quick settlement
That didn't take long.We informed readers in a May 3 blog post of the just-begun child support trial in a family court in New York City featuring billionaire French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault and his one-time girlfriend and longtime super model Linda...
Lingering economic malaise drives domestic violence incidents
Police departments in virtually every locale across the country -- Miami and Florida in general not excepted -- are reporting that acts of domestic violence were up last year from episodes reported in 2010.As many people might reasonably ascertain, it's the economy,...
Fashion tycoon, ex-partner model square off in child support trial
A family court in New York is the slated venue today for a trial centered on child support for a five-year-old boy fathered by a man from one of the world's wealthiest families and with a mother who, at 46, still commands top dollar for her modeling work.Facially, it...
Yahoo divorce drama settles; marked by high-asset property division
So many real-life celebrity happenings end up as television movies or mini-series dramas, and a gambler likely would not bet against the odds of that happening regarding the long-running divorce battle of former Yahoo president Susan Decker and Michael Dovey, her...
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