By ALAN FARNHAM Let’s suppose, for conversation’s sake, that you’re scheming to divorce your spouse, whom you suspect of cheating (and to whom you’d like to pay not one dime’s worth of alimony). Is there a way for you wiggle out it? Yes. Move to Georgia, where adultery is a bar to alimony. Randall M. […]
This week, family law attorney, and my boss from 1989-1991, Pamela Tremayne, passed away. Pamela offered me employment when I was a very young lawyer, in my mid-twenties. To work with her was very appealing to me since she was a former teacher, and I had much to learn. Pamela taught me the importance of […]
By ALICIA GALLEGOS In a custody dispute that has reached the Supreme Court of North Carolina, a judge has ruled that children of a cancer patient must live with their father, in part, because of their mother’s Stage IV breast cancer diagnosis. The case poses ethical questions for doctors about whether medical conditions are a […]
The program enrollment for next week at the Encore in Las Vegas is great (over 250!) and you can still sign up. For those of you coming or thinking about coming who are reading this on a smartphone, you can text FLS to 99699 and you will be provided an immediate link to the schedule […]
Knowledge is power and we should all be as knowledgable as we can about the laws that so vitally affect families, especially children.
The upcoming ABA Family Law Seminar has already generated a tremendous response. The advance registration numbers are great with more people registering each day. And now, more good news. The entire program schedule and related information (presentation titles, times and locations for instance) can be downloaded right to your cell phone, in advance. You can […]
Where’s the silver lining? Maybe that in life, you should never give up? I think so. That’s the optimist in me. As a divorce lawyer, every day I see people who feel their life is collapsing. Baseball is, in the end, just a game. But what did we learn? The Braves and the Sox, both […]
Today a young lawyer met with me to ask for help starting her own law firm. While I still consider myself a “start-up” and love to learn about business, it reminded me of some things I think are true (and which I told her). Some of these thoughts include the fact that people need lawyers; […]
By Mike Brunker Judges can jail alleged defaulters — who are not covered by the presumption of innocence — without a trial It may not be a crime to be poor, but it can land you behind bars if you also are behind on your child-support payments. Thousands of so-called “deadbeat” parents are jailed each […]
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