The Pennsylvania Family Law Blog had a great post yesterday about why you need a lawyer for your divorce case. The full article can be read here, and is summarized as follows: A good divorce lawyer is part lawyer, part psychologist and part clergy. A…
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Recent Case Summary Statute requires interest on maintenance not paid. Neither “good faith . . . reliance upon what [Obligor] understood to be a valid court order” that no interest was due, nor Obligee’s inconsistent theories on amo…
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Princeton encourages it. Harvard’s a big fan. From Tufts to MIT, some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in fa…
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Every divorcing parent should make it their top priority to keep their children from getting caught in the middle of the conflict of their divorce. The following is the third installment of tips and thoughts are from James Roberts, RSW, a licensed so…
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Every divorcing parent should make it their top priority to keep their children from getting caught in the middle of the conflict of their divorce. The following is the second installment of tips and thoughts are from James Roberts, RSW, a licensed s…
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Every divorcing parent should make it their top priority to keep their children from getting caught in the middle of the conflict of their divorce. The following tips and thoughts are from James Roberts, RSW, a licensed social worker in Missouri and…
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Case Summary: Past standard of living is not the standard for setting maintenance, but Wife showed that she can not meet her reasonable needs by working presently or in the future because of poor health and limited education. Circuit Court awarded pr…
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The following post recently appeared in the New York Divorce Report. This article addresses one of the most important issues in a divorce, the division of marital debts. If parties have joint debt, whether it is a credit card, loan, auto loan, mortga…
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Yearly more than 1 million children experience the divorce of their parents. The process and trauma these children experience will normally begin long before there is an actual divorce. It will begin with parental disagreements, anger and continue to…
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The Issue of attorney’s fees often comes up in domestic litigation. Missouri has adopted the American Rule regarding attorney’s fees in that, absent statutory authorization or contractual agreemtn, each litigant, absent few exceptions, mu…
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