What You Need To Know If You Think You Should Have Custody
If you think you are such a great parent and should have custody, these are some of the things you need to know:
Holidays Are For The Children
It’s the most wonderful time of year, unless you are going through a divorce and or a child custody litigation. Too often parents take every opportunity to “stick it to” the other parent. But the holidays are all about the children. Make sure your children spend quality time with the other parent as agreed and scheduled and that your children …
Are You The Moneyed Spouse? How to Save Legal Fees in a Divorce
In a divorce, the new laws require the court to calculate spousal support and child support and to direct the moneyed spouse to pay the legal fees (all or part) for the non-moneyed spouse. So, if you earn for example you earn $300,000.00 per year and your spouse earns $50,000.00 per year, a court will direct you to pay spousal …
Yup, Divorce Sucks, Deal With It
Maybe you did not ask or want to get divorced, but you’re in court now for divorce and custody, as well as all the other issues, including but not limited to: equitable distribution of assets and debts; and spousal and/or child support. You want to drag it out to keep the family under one roof until your youngest graduates high …
Do Not Vent About Your Case in Social Media!
I too often see people venting about their divorce, child custody cases, support case, domestic violence case, and other cases, on social media. If I can see your posting this, others can see it too. Thus, all your whining and complaining about the judge and anyone else will probably get back to them and may be used against you directly …
How to Prove Your Custody Case
In a custody case, whether part of a divorce or not, you need to prove what you allege to be fact. Words alone are insufficient but too often are all the court has to go on. If you claim to be the primary caregiver how do you plan to prove it? When you drive the children to school, do you …
Whose Divorce Is This?
It is just incredible how many people retain an attorney for their divorce, want it over as fast as possible, but do not do anything required of him or her. Too often clients will call and ask when will it be over, and my snarky retort is: how do I know, I do not even know when you will give …
Warning! Danger! Danger! And its NOT Dr. Smith Approaching
There is a loophole to Stay Away Orders of Protection that is very dangerous when it removed someone from your household and you changed the locks. That person still has a driver’s license with the same address on it. What’s the big deal? Well, that person need only go to the home he or she was removed from and call …
Orders of Protection and How They Can be Fun – Not!
If you are the victim of domestic violence, call 911 immediately. If necessary, run into the bathroom and lock the door and then call 911. Tell the police you have locked yourself in the bathroom and will not come out until they arrive. If there are children in the house, inform the police of that too. When they arrive, tell …
Penney Wise and Dollar Foolish!
I have been seeing too many divorces wherein a spouse used a lawyer who was a relative (who never handled a divorce before) and paid nearly nothing for it. The case may have settled as the now ex-spouse wanted fro very little cost, but the settlement agreement lacked the provisions and terms that could have protected that’s spouse against being …