During National Adoption Month, we recognize the adoptive and foster families who have shared their homes and hearts with children in need, and we encourage more Americans to consider adopting young people of all ages. Families who adopt show the generous spirit of our Nation. Every child desires a permanent home, and when parents adopt…
Having children adds an new and extremely important dimension to estate planning. If all of a child’s legal parents are dead or incapacitated, and never made arrangements for such an emergency, the child will have to be placed with a new family. This is an extremely disruptive process for the child, even if the new…
The following is a glossary of terms and phrases related to divorce and the divorce process. Alimony. Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called spousal support or spousal maintenance. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Methods of resolving legal disputes without going to trial, in a…
Ben Stevens at the South Carolina Family Law Blog has published many good articles about the Attorney-Client relationship and his latest is superb. Thanks also to Jeanne Hannah for the original post from which Ben’s was derived. New clients often ask their lawyer how they can help ensure a good result in their divorce and/or…
The author of the Massachusetts Family Law Blog, Steven Ballard, has assembled and posted his list of what he considers to be the best American family law blogs. I am proud and honored to be included among them. Here is his post and his list: Although I have been practicing divorce and family law in…
You might think that a lawyer would be opposed to telling you how to spend less money on his fees, but not so. Most of the suggestions made below, by another lawyer no less, are things with which I whole-heartedly agree. A lot of the time a lawyer spends on the stuff he’s telling you…
"I need help, I need help getting my vehicle registered," Barry Finch told me last week. The problem: child support, not his, someone else’s. Back track to August. Finch bought a pickup and when he went to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) to get his license plate and registration he was told that the…
Everyone knows you should have a will, but apparently more than half of us haven’t gotten around to it yet. Here is some information that might convince you to get it done. Why should I go to the trouble of writing a will? A will lets you control what happens to your property. If you…
Here are some very wise words of advice from Willam Wilson at the Indiana Family Law Blog: With the holidays rapidly approaching, a number of divorcing and divorced parents will have to contend with holiday celebrations and gatherings. All too often, these holidays are the source of disputes that end up in court. If you’re…
The impact of a parent’s homosexual relationships on custody decisions varies dramatically from state to state. Courts in many states are more willing to assume harmful impact to a child from a parent’s homosexual relationship than from a heterosexual relationship. On the other hand, some states treat homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally and will not…
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National Healthcare Decisions Day is on April 16th, and it’s an important reminder for every adult to let someone know their most private wishes about medial treatments and possible end-of-life care. Far too many people assume that their families would make the choices they would want in an emergency. Yet everyday we hear stories of…