In every jurisdiction in the United States, divorce must be recognized by a court by virtue of a “final judgment” of some kind in order to be effective. So when I say “courtless,” I mean exactly that; these are processes that involve less court, order rather than more. There is no such thing as a […]
Christian was adorable. He was blond-haired, and six feet tall, a twenty-eight-year-old firefighter built like Adonis. He came to my office in jeans and a t-shirt, and nice leather sandals. He had just discovered that his erstwhile girlfriend, Jamie, a deputy sheriff, was expecting. He had apparently impregnated her during their failed attempt to patch
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Women and men alike often bid farewell to their single status during wild celebrations with their best friends. Whether it’s a raucous trip to Vegas or a relaxed spa weekend, many engaged people celebrate one last weekend of singlehood by means of bachelorette and bachelor parties. After all, it’s their last chance to be wicked,
I was once retained as an ethics expert in a big class action in Ocala federal district court, decease where the proposed plaintiff’s attorneys were split into two camps, struggling over which group was better qualified to represent the class action plaintiffs. For this hearing alone, the eight defense attorneys all sat in the jury box,
“Statistics show that, in the U.S., 50% percent of first marriages, 67% of second, and 73% of third marriages end in divorce.” This is the old saw, but are these alarming numbers really accurate? All argument aside, there is no question that divorce is rampant in today’s society. What many people don’t appreciate, at least until they are
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I was 10 years old in 1967, and, courtesy of my grandfather, I owned five shares of Technical Tape Incorporated. All five of us, my younger sisters and my 31-year-old mother, were living with my grandparents back then, in New Rochelle, New York. This was maybe an hour outside of New York City. When my
The wife getting ready to leave her husband, viagra sale just like the husband readying to leave his wife, sends signals, sometimes long before her husband or his wife knows that a divorce is in the offing. What signals, you ask? How do I know that one of them is preparing to ask for a
We’ve all watched legal TC shows and seen the process server knock on the door and announce dramatically, “you’ve been served!” while thrusting a sheaf of paperwork at the defendant. I’m a family lawyer, so, like most attorneys, I know that I never want to sue or be sued. I know better than to “go
I attended a luncheon recently with a speaker who discussed what exactly constitutes a “collaborative divorce.” I hadn’t realized that the question was open to debate! Did he agree that one could perform a collaborative divorce with just two attorneys, one for each party,so long as the participation agreement specified that the lawyers were out
