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Make Divorce Easier on Your Kid: Benefits of Divorce Mediation
July 11th, 2023
Divorce isn’t only difficult for you and your spouse — litigation can also be hard on your children. While ending a marriage is always difficult, there is a way that you might be able to make the legal process easier for your kids. Mediation in d…
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Missouri Case Law: Dispute Resolution Procedure Required in Parenting Plan
September 10th, 2013
Recent case: In Re The Matter of: C.H., by her Next Friend, C.H., and C.H., Individually, Petitioners/Respondents, v. C.W., Respondent/Appellant. Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District – ED98749 Mother appeals from the trial court’s…
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"Sole physical custody" award that incorporates significant parenting time to the other parent is not sole custody by definition, but joint custody instead
September 24th, 2012
Recent ruling: TC A Minor Child, by and through JC, Next Friend and JC, Individually v SI Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District – WD7455 Father appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Clay County in an action to establish…
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Supreme Court Advisory Committee Determines Collaborative Law is Ethical in Missouri
August 24th, 2008
On August 20, 2008 the Advisory Commitee of the Supreme Court of Missouri issued a formal opinion that the practice of Collaborative law, a form of practice where clients agree from the outset to settle their case out of court through negotiation rat…
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Mark A. Wortman
Kansas City family law attorney Mark A. Wortman handles only divorce and family law matters, and practices only in the State of Missouri. Due to this specialty, Mark Wortman has handled thousands of Missouri divorce and family cases and has practiced… Read More
