Luna and Oliver may be invited to sleep on your bed each night, but since they are cats, they are just so much property. In the eyes of the law, Luna and Oliver (the most popular cat names, says Rover.com1) are the same as your love seat, flat-screen TV, or recreational vehicle. Who gets Oliver and who claims (or—if you ...
An old saying goes, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” The same is true with paying for a divorce: if you think getting divorced is expensive, consider how much higher the cost—emotionally, mentally and financially—of staying together might be. Some people are just not suited for each other, and if you have children in the relationship, you can ...
As parents, we joke about how we might not miss seeing our kids from, say, when they are 13 through 17. Teenagers can be a handful, no doubt, but every parent wants to stay connected and involved with their children. Even divorced parents deserve to keep their family together in some way. Court-decreed visitation allows for that, but what is ...
Many moviegoers fondly remember the 1992 hit, My Cousin Vinny. Joe Pesci’s character, the neophyte lawyer Vincent LaGuardia Gambini, seems to do everything wrong. We remember the weird clothes, the thick Brooklyn accent, and the way he fumbles so many of the legal proceedings. Yet—and this is important—Gambini the Lawyer has great legal instincts, appeals to the jury, interviews clients ...
As you may be finding out (or will shortly find out) no stones are left unturned during divorce proceedings, and virtually nothing will be left unseen by the eyes of the court. This, unfortunately, includes your business interests and business assets. While it is highly unlikely that the judge or the court will outright strip you of your position in ...
Hêphaistos was bitter and angry, and that was even before hearing the bad news about his wife, Aphrodite. She was getting down with—of all people—Hêphaistos’ brother, Ares. Not only was she an adulteress, she also gave birth to several children by Ares, all while married to sad, overstressed Hêphaistos. So Hêphaistos—probably more familiar to most people under his Latinized name, Hephaestus—divorced her. ...
Check out our Virginia Military Divorce Calculator In military divorces, the division of military pension often becomes a battlefield for couples. If you currently serve in the armed forces or are retired from military service, the division of your military pension is often complex concern in your divorce settlement. Although the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) doesn’t give ...
Some events in life are routinely described as “new and exciting,” like fall’s new car models, a college graduation, or an around-the-world cruise. Other events are just “new,” like the first time you write out a check for child support, or work with your attorney to file for visitation. A recently divorced father is in uncharted waters, and needs the ...
In 1912, Robert Falcon Scott led a doomed party of explorers in search of the South Pole, only to find they were second to the spot (behind Roald Amundsen and his hearty Norwegians)1. History is littered with the vacant hulks of second place finishers. Fighting for shared custody may seem like settling for second. But looked at from another perspective, ...