Make The Divorce Process Simpler
The title -- "Number, Timing and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009" -- seems to promise more of a labored walk through a statistic-heavy forest than it does the presentation of a thought-provoking narrative concerning marriage and divorce trends over time in...
A lot of people nationwide have taken interest in a child custody ruling issued recently by a North Carolina judge.And in the age of exploding technology, that means, truly, a lot of people, who are accessing and responding to the story in various ways. The mother in...
In March, the National Football League ("NFL") locked out its players after the league and the players' union failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement for the 2011-12 season. For most fans, that means nothing more than a little angst regarding whether the...
Our immediately preceding blog post (May 5) discussed the existence of intellectual property rights in certain marriage dissolutions, and the large value that can be attached to intangible property such as trademarks, copyrights and patents when property division is...
Most people typically think about the same type of things when it comes to property division in a divorce settlement, namely, the house (or houses for the more well-heeled), vehicles, savings and retirement accounts, a business in some cases, furnishings, jewelry and...
The nation's Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") division lauds a federal program that its officials say brings about the deportation of many thousands of dangerous criminals each year.Not everyone agrees with its rosy assessment. Indeed, legislators in many...
When times get tough economically, people cut back -- on cars, the size of the homes they buy, their vacations, hobbies and virtually everything else they think they might be unable to afford.That includes divorce. Many family law attorneys across the country have...
For many people, stories about celebrities -- including the disputes they are involved in -- make for great reading at purely an entertainment level. Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan come quickly to mind.In other instances, their entanglements with the police,...
In our immediately preceding blog post, we discussed the sometimes complex interplay between acts of domestic violence and other family law matters. Physical violence and other types of abusive behaviors, for example, can often have a strong bearing on how child...
When allegations of abuse surface during a divorce proceeding, those allegations can play a role in the outcome of custody or visitation agreements. Accusations of domestic violence can make the situation more complex.In some situations, domestic violence can escalate...