By VICTORIA GUAY
vguay@citizen.com
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The recession, though “most likely over” according to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, has been affecting more than just people’s jobs.
It has, in some cases, made unhappily married couples more miserable because they can’t afford to Read more
A broken heart doesn’t have to break the bank, say divorce experts, who advise that a down economy may be the best time for unhappy couples to call it quits.
“We started to notice a trend in the number of superwealthy folks beginning divorce proceedings,” said Texas-based attorney Gary Nickelson, president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Read more
If you decided to leave your husband or wife, then your next step is filing for divorce. Here are four ways to get divorced: self-representation, divorce mediation, collaborative divorce, and divorce – including the advantages, disadvantages, and approximate cost of each.
Before the divorce tips, a quip:
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility for changing them.” – Denis Waitley.
Deciding to get a divorce was probably a long, difficult process for you – and finally going forward with divorce proceedings may feel like a weight has been lifted! If you’re still thinking about leaving your husband or wife, click on Contemplating Divorce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go by Susan Pease Gadoua – it’s a wonderful Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― The Minnesota Supreme Court has censured and suspended a Goodhue County judge for six months without pay for steering business to his divorce attorney, who gave him a deep discount.
Judge Timothy Blakely couldn’t pay his lawyer’s bill. Her firm ultimately wrote off over $64,000 after he appointed her as a mediator in 16 cases and referred several people who needed attorneys to her.
The Supreme Court said Thursday the investigation did Read more
Almost every group has weighed in on the issue, from bar associations and good government groups to trade organizations and newspaper editorial boards.
Some suggest jurists should be appointed, citing examples such as the 2008 Wisconsin Supreme Court election when misleading TV ads helped to unseat then-Justice Louis Butler. Others say elections are the best way to ensure impartial judges.
Still others favor modifications, such as campaign finance reform that would require judges to run using public money, prohibiting them from accepting donations that might influence rulings.
Justiceworks Ltd., the Portage County Bar Association and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, held a daylong symposium on judicial elections Thursday in Stevens Point. The conference, “Judicial Elections: Navigating the Collision Course,” featured almost a dozen presenters.
The closing panel’s discussion seemed to reveal the nature of the arguments for and Read more
Gay and lesbian couples from Indiana can get married in more places than ever, but they could face a legal dilemma after they return home.
If the relationship sours, the lack of recognition for such unions in Indiana law presents couples with a classic Catch-22: They can’t obtain a divorce in their home state because their marriage is void here, and they can’t easily seek one where they were married because of residency requirements for Read more
A motion to dismiss means one party to a divorce applies to the court to stop the divorce application from proceeding. It’s not all that common and the response from the judge varies. If you are involved in a divorce and then you and your spouse decide you don’t want to go through with the divorce, then almost certainly a judge with agree to a motion to dismiss.
But if one partner is in dispute over some issue arising from the separation e.g. child support, the spouse paying the child support may seek to stall proceedings in order to seek agreement on a change in the financial arrangements. The judge would look at the circumstances and make a decision. In some cases the judge would not agree to this motion to dismiss and would have the divorce application proceed.
Now divorce is a state issue and each state is unique. Any person seeking a divorce or involved in a divorce must consult the legislation which is relevant. The legislation is the one drawn up by the Read more
A motion to dismiss means one party to a divorce applies to the court to stop the divorce application from proceeding. It’s not all that ordinary and the response from the judge varies.
If you are involved in a divorce and then you and your spouse decide you don’t want to go through with the divorce, then almost certainly a judge with agree to a motion to dismiss.
But if one partner is in dispute over some issue arising from the separation e.G. Child support, the spouse paying the child support may seek to stall proceedings in order to seek agreement on a change in the financial arrangements. The judge would look at the circumstances and make a decision. In some cases the judge would not agree to this motion to dismiss and would have the divorce application proceed.
Now divorce is a state issue and each state is unique. Any person seeking a divorce or involved in a divorce must consult the legislation which is relevant. The legislation is the one drawn up by Read more
To look for an skilled divorce attorney is very important as family cases require skillful hands to be tackled. Look no further and hire Austin divorce lawyers. Austin divorce attorneys are the professional with responsibilities to obtain or retain the protection rights to your kids, your properties’ interests, and depending on the condition you are in. In reality, one has to choose an experienced divorce lawyer to be on safer side. Once you do that right, you can breathe easy and in other case, if you do it wrongly, you will have to waste years to make up for losses and may ruin up your personal and professional life. There is no need to try out boring tactics to find a right family attorney. However, before you even start searching family lawyer, you must evaluate and identify the type of divorce issue that you are involved in. This is because; do you require mediating for the case? Do you want certain negotiating before getting into court? Or, you simply think that your case is Read more
You’ve already been though a divorce and now you find out that your ex has also filed bankruptcy. How do you protect yourself and make sure that your divorce agreement is honored?
When your ex-spouse records for bankruptcy, all efforts to collect any debts have to stop unless they fit within one of the exceptions in the bankruptcy statute. This is known as the “automatic stay.” The most important one for you when your ex-spouse files for bankruptcy is the one that excepts from the automatic stay the commencement or continuation of a proceeding to establish or modify a support award or collect support from property that is not property of the bankruptcy estate. 11 U.S.C. 362(b)(2).
How Bankruptcy Affects Support Obligations
Current support debts carry on a bankruptcy without the need for you to have to go to bankruptcy court.
Under the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, among the changes in creditor priority Read more
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