I've been MIA for a while - focused on some significant 'life changes' as they say. Divorce is a blast... These 25 divorce tips will help you to get through it. 1. Absolutely keep a daily diary or log (it is probably in your best interest to not let your spouse know you are doing this). I maintained mine online using Google Docs. This is your new friend - IT IS A MUST!!! DO NOT DROP THE BALL ON THIS ONE!!! I was told by my lawyer to jot down some notes on a calendar regarding my spouse's... Read Full Story
Although I have been practicing divorce and family law in Massachusetts for many years, I only recently decided to start my own blog, the one you're wasting your time reading now, of course.
As part of my new adventure, I have read lots and lots of family law blogs over the last few months. I have done this for purely selfish reasons. I need to find the best blogs, so that I can shamelessly Read Full Story
A divorce is not always amicable. In fact I would say that two out of ten divorces end amicably. In cases were they do end amicably, both parties would come and consult the attorney together and instruct him to draft a settlement agreement for signature. 80% of the time this is not the case however. Go to marriage advice for more information.
A client very often tells the attorney that he/she is prepared to hand over a large portion of the assets to the other spouse, as he/she believes... Read Full Story
I felt a great sense of connection with our friends on the other side of the pond when I read the recent post in the British family law blog Bloody Relations (now isn't that a great name for a family law blog?!) about the problem many noncustodial parents over there sometimes have trying to get their children's school and medical records, as it is an all-too-familiar problem to me here in Read Full Story
The Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support has just been finalized, and the US has already signed onto the convention (only signer so far), as reported by the International Family Law Blog. See its post of today: International Family Law: Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support.
"Delegates from sixty-eight States and the European Community have Read Full Story
Wow! Recently we had a disgruntled husband in Vermont airing dirty divorce laundry on his blog (see my posts here and there). Now a disgruntled wife in New York has broadcast her grievances on YouTube (see below). This YouTube video has been widely viewed, and has been widely reported and blogged about already. See Family Lore and New York Divorce Report for some good posts on this.
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For analysis of a recent decision by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), see the recent post Boston ERISA Law Blog: Some Quirks About QDROs. The post mainly discusses the federal appellate court's recent ruling that the state probate courts, not just the federal courts, have jurisdiction to determine whether a particular order is a Read Full Story
You may think personal injury lawyers have the most tasteless lawyer ads. But one divorce law firm out of Chicago, may have hit a new low in our profession last spring, with billboards like the one you see here. And now, one of the attorneys behind that ad campaign, Attorney Corri Fetman, has admitted she was actually the woman who is featured in this billboard and in the other controversial Read Full Story
After coming out against the proposed shared custody presumption last month, the Boston Globe has just this past week, on March 11 - in a welcome, even-handed gesture - published an opinion piece by a lawyer in favor of the presumption: Don't leave fathers out of custody cases - The Boston Globe. Penned by attorney Rinaldo Del Gallo III, this op-ed article makes a good case for the proposed Read Full Story
