When a mother’s bitter custody battle ends with the death of her child, something has gone terribly wrong with the system. Wyatt Garcia was born in April 2009. Nine months later, he was shot and killed by his father, who …
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For years, protective mothers have complained about a broken custody court system giving custody to abusive fathers. A new book based on multi-disciplinary research has confirmed that common mistakes in the custody courts have resulted in thousands of children being …
Steven Fink recently received an unsolicited email containing nude photos of a woman whose jilted ex-boyfriend wanted to embarrass her. The guy presumably hoped these private photos would go viral online, and now countless strangers are obliging him in his …
(Please note: this article is written by an attorney/mediator in CA and not all the legal information may be applicable to your state) We all have heard of so-called “urban legends.” In fact, there was an Urban Legends movie a …
WITH divorce at an all-time high, the number of single parents is rocketing, bringing a plethora of problems unique to one-parent households (widowed parents face many of the same issues). These are on top of all the normal parenting pressures. …
The fact that more than fifty percent of marriages end in divorce is actually the lesser of the problem. The greater difficulty lies in the fact that the majority of intact marriages are far from joyful. Divorce, although tumultuous and …
While divorce can be an emotional roller coaster, the one area that needs reasoned, dispassionate, businesslike treatment is what to do with the real property assets of the divorcing duo. The same principles apply whether the property in question is …
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Your ability to receive survivor's benefits based on your ex-husband's work history doesn't depend on whether he remarried, but on whether you remarried. Here's what the Social Security Web page, "Qualifying for Divorced Spouse benefits" says about your situation: A …
I am not convinced that we ever recover from being divorced, those of us who are. We get on with our lives, but we continue to feel guilty or betrayed, conflicted or wishful or all of the above - a …
Divorce changes us, but living happily ever after is still a possibility Read more »
It's only been two months since the District of Columbia legalized same-sex marriage, but local attorney Lawrence Jacobs is already cautioning his clients: Marriage may be allowed, but divorce will be much harder to do. While the District and five …