Lots of people get married, and, of those people who marry, a good number will ultimately – eventually – divorce. People who suffer from mental or intellectual disabilities also marry and, as a result, get divorced, too. It doesn’t come up that often, but it does come up. In fact, the reason I write today...
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Child support is always a challenging issue, especially because it’s an ongoing obligation – at least until your child reaches the age of 19 or graduates high school. If child support is ordered when the child is very young, things can change dramatically until they age out of the system and become a legal...
One of my favorite questions to ask professionals – doctors, financial advisors, whoever – is what they’d do in my situation if they were me. So it sort of surprises me, frankly, that I haven’t written an article where I tell you what I’d do if I was in your shoes. Of course, it’s a...
Having a child is a momentous occasion – but it’s also sometimes a fairly complicated one, especially if you and your child’s father aren’t together anymore. In reality, going into parenthood, especially with someone to whom you are no longer romantically attached (or maybe even to whom you were never really romantically attached) is...
Custody and visitation is a challenge in any set of circumstances. It’s worth mentioning that, even among happily married couples, parenting challenges arise pretty consistently. It should probably come as no surprise that, for people who tried to be involved but ultimately couldn’t make the marriage or relationship work long term, there are additional...
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...
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...