One by one, Michiko walked through the legal steps of finalizing her divorce: dividing property, determining child custody and arranging her daughter's college fund. But when it came to settling the heartache over the end of her eight-year marriage to …
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A state appeals court in Dallas has rejected a lower court's decision that two gay men who married in Massachusetts had the right to divorce in Texas. In October, state District Judge Tena Callahan ruled that the men could legally …
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No one wants to think that their family requires family counseling and therapy, but sometimes it really is necessary. A family that is having trouble will benefit from having outside help. Sometimes it just isn’t possible to solve everything yourself …
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Deciding what you should or should not tell the children you have custody of is very simple. It requires you to keep in mind what is healthy for your kids. Reasons for the separation and divorce of their parents is …
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As more and more grandparents take on some or all of the responsibility of caring for their grandchildren — more than 80,000 in Pennsylvania, according to census data — family and divorce lawyers say they are seeing more grandparents fighting …
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(This article presents a good argument for why litigants should seek mediation over litigation) Billy Williams already had spent $7,000 on attorney fees getting a divorce when he decided to act as his own lawyer for a custody dispute involving …
When we look at exuberant wedding photos, we never think, “Oh, good! Now those two can get divorced!” But in fact, the right to a divorce is just as important as the right to marry. In a charming, poignant essay …
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Along with the emotional pain and upheaval it brings, divorce can also wreak financial havoc for both parties, especially the lower-earning partner. "The biggest difficulty for people coming out of divorce is that now they're all alone," said Helen Stephens, …
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Tiger Woods is hitting greens again and his now ex-wife Elin Nordegren has established residence on the cover of People magazine. Now that they have calmed the tornado of divorce with a settlement granted by a state court in Panama …
Divorce is high on the list of life-changing traumas for parents and children. When I practiced family law full time, I endeavored to achieve the best results possible for my clients and their children. But figuring out what is best …