At the outset of this discussion, I’ll admit: I take a dim view of prenuptial agreements. So, with that being said, I plan to use this article to discuss with you the various merits and demerits of prenuptial agreements. If you’re going into this hoping to decide that a prenuptial agreement is the solution...
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Hey, you do you, right? I mean, that’s the way of the world anymore. Except … when what you want to do is not cool. So, real talk. Sometimes, we have clients who aren’t happy. I think probably just about every professional service group (doctors, lawyers, accountants, therapists, whatever) ultimately have some unhappy clients sometimes....
Kids get hurt sometimes, despite our best efforts to keep them safe. When I was a kid, my younger sister once knocked out her front teeth at school in a game of crab soccer. Another time, she fell while climbing over our fence to get a ball for the dog, and needed a ton of...
We talked WWednesday in a fair amount of detail about what happens when your co-parent violates a coparenting agreement or order entered by a court. Orders entered by the court are enforceable, which is why we go to all the trouble to make sure that our agreements are processed this way and that, when...
The whole reason we get custody orders – and agreements entered as orders – processed is so that they’re enforceable by the court in the event one (or both) parties wind up breaching the agreement. Actually, that’s what makes them powerful. It’s the fact that you’re not only memorializing what you’ve agreed to do,...
Meeting with a divorce attorney for the first time is a scary thing. Contemplating a divorce at all is scary. In fact, most of the women that I talk to initially are in the very early stages of the divorce process, and aren’t even 100% sure that they want to pursue a divorce at all...
We’ve all – at one point or another – dated someone who was less than suitable. Hey, I’m a divorce lawyer; I kind of specialize in unsuitable partners! But, sometimes, it’s less about the person than the timing of the relationship. During a custody case is a tricky time to date. I’m not saying you...
For all the clients who ask me about dating, I have just as many who insist that they’ll never date again. There’s probably lots who fall somewhere in the middle – maybe they’re wondering about dating, maybe they know they’re not ready yet, maybe they just can’t bring themselves to ask the question – but,...