"It's just such a serious, fundamental question," says New York City resident Jared Rosenthal. "Who are your children? Who are your parents?"Being an entrepreneur, Rosenthal has done more than just dwell on the question. He has turned a Winnebago motor home into a...
Month: August 2012
Best-practices law group offers blueprint for prenuptial agreements
"It gets very, very stressful," says a financial consultant in talking about written understandings and marital contracts that she advises a number of her clients to execute.The reason? A mobile society, with property sometimes being held in multiple states and...
Marriage and divorce-related stats nationally and for Florida
When examining marriage and divorce rates both presently and historically in the United States, Florida is a useful barometer. Although some of the statistics most germane to the subject area reveal the state as being at slight variance from national averages, the...
International child custody dispute now before U.S. Supreme Court
As this blog has duly noted occasionally in prior posts, child custody can be a thorny and sticky consideration in many a divorce settlement.And to the extent that is true in some divorces in Florida and other states across the country, it can be greatly compounded in...
Miami NFL player Chad Johnson arrested on domestic violence charge
Allegations of domestic violence are certainly more pronounced and centrally featured in news accounts when they involve a public figure well known to many.Chad Johnson -- formerly known as Ochocinco before legally reclaiming his birth name -- is a case in point. Even...
Focus: a mindful male perspective during divorce
When it comes to divorce proceedings, men have a perceived history in the minds of many -- whether true or not -- of getting the lesser end of the deal, especially when children are involved. Men may give up possession of the house, lose custody of the children and/or...
New Florida health care law changes address domestic violence
New health care reform provisions that became operative just this week in Florida now provide for no-cost screening by doctors of patients for symptoms of domestic violence.Previously, insurance companies in the state could routinely charge for domestic abuse...
Child custody agreements are versatile, highly varied
Divorce cases can sometimes feature some interesting settlement terms as couples come to an agreement of how to approach their now-separate lives. One father, reviewing his wife's proposed terms for child custody of their two children, noticed that she had requested...
Michael Jackson’s kids’ custody, guardianship case seems resolved
As this blog has noted occasionally in prior posts, media-generating family law matters involving celebrities are sometime noteworthy for being far more than mere fluff or tabloid fodder.Take the recent matter involving Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, for...
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