We spend a lot of time talking about how to "get through" a divorce, but what about coming out on top? Is it possible to "succeed" at divorce? The editors at HuffPost think so, and we agree. With the help of an experienced family divorce attorney, you can "win"...
Custody of Minor Children in a Divorce: The Basics
Both parents must decide on custody of minor children under the age of 18. Divorce courts are very concerned regarding the well-being of any children born naturally to both parents or adopted by the parents. If the wife is pregnant, the child should be listed as "one...
Lawyers For Kids Might Ease Divorce Wars
I recently presided over a trial in which two parents who had been divorced for almost 4 years spent more than $15,000 to pay lawyers and a psychologist to argue about what should have been an arithmetic problem--child support adjustment. Even though I have presided...
How Abandonment Issues in Divorce Lead to More Court Appearances ?
Abandonment: A Divorce Issue In high conflict divorces, those that never seem to end, abandonment is a common factor. These days, when we see divorced spouses returning to court two or more years after the divorce process was technically completed, we inquire into...
Children Lose When A Divorced Parent Is Forced Out
Children Lose When A Divorced Parent Is Forced Out by Honorable Anne Kass. Ann Kass is a District Judge in the Second Judicial District State of New Mexico What some divorcing parents would like, more than anything, is for the other parent to vanish. They believe that...
Divorce Cases, Lacking A Right Or Wrong, Toughest For Judges
I was talking with a judge from South Carolina a few weeks go about an interstate custody problem. When I told him that I hear only family law cases, he said: "How in the world do you stand it? I find after hearing a few divorce cases, I need to hear a friendly first...
Chameleon Kids: Child Custody and Family Law Issues
Sharp-tongued parents turn child into chameleon. Chameleon kids are an all too frequent product of divorce. These are children who behave, think and feel one way at dad's house and an altogether different way at mom's house. Chameleon kids often tell each of their...
Divorce Court Orders Don’t Affect Creditors
One of the issues involved in divorce cases is which spouse has to pay what debts. In divorce cases debts come in two flavors: community debts and separate debts. A community debt is, by and large, any debt created by either or both spouses while they were married....