Women and Divorce We had a client who was a successful CEO who had supported her family over the past 20 years. She did not, however, handle the family finances. Her husband was always going to get a better job (or a job period) and help the family. The husband always had a new plan up…
High Net worth divorces usually involve multiple homes, a business or a large amount of cash and/or investments. The division of the assets is the same as any other divorce but there can be special considerations. I have seen this especially when one spouse has not really handled the finances and is not as conversant with…
Time and money are the key differences between mediation and divorce litigation, also thought of as traditional divorce. There are lots and lots of movies out there that paint divorce in a very ugly light: those are all the litigation divorces. There isn’t that kind of ugly messiness in mediation. I am going to talk about…
Leave or stay, that is the question. If you or your spouse are going through a divorce, this can be a difficult and complex answer. If there is any history of domestic violence, then it is much better to live apart than to allow your spouse to continue to abuse you. If you are the…
Would you really know if your attorney was lying to you? Here are some simple hints and questions you might want to ask him/her. Q: Will I win? A: There is no good answer to that from an experienced attorney. No one really “wins”, at least not in litigation or family law. There is almost…
You might be unpacking your Christmas decorations from last year, watching a happy family on a TV commercial, or talking to a friend who is planning a dinner and this wave of grief washes over you unexpectedly. No one has died, you think to yourself so why am I so sad? What if you were recently divorced…
I am sure that everyone has memories of their childhood holidays. The real question is whether they are happy and joyful or stressful and depressing. If you are a parent, you have some responsibility on how your children will remember their holidays. If you are going through a divorce, it is sometimes hard to focus on…
If you go to a party and say something funny and everyone laughs and then your partner says something like: “ha ha, she never knows what she is talking about.” And, then everyone laughs again. When you talk to your partner about it later and how it hurt your feelings, he tells you that everyone…
The short answer in Maricopa County, Arizona is that I do not know. What I do know is that a judge just did exactly that in Chicago. I have not read the court’s order but I did read the Washington Post article as cited here. I have not heard of a judge doing anything like…
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