Post-Judgment Motions to Modify Support in a Poor Economy
Alimony and child support obligations, which were based on a healthy income at the time of the divorce, may become impossible to pay from unemployment benefits or, even worse, no benefits.
Alimony and child support obligations, which were based on a healthy income at the time of the divorce, may become impossible to pay from unemployment benefits or, even worse, no benefits.
By Maria P. Imbalzano
While the concept of a Parenting Coordinator is encouraging, it is important for family law attorneys to be very careful in understanding exactly what role one should have in their case and in the actual drafting of an order of appointment.
By Kathleen Pasquarello Stockton
A look at the concept of marital momentum that has routinely provided a dependent spouse with benefits beyond the filing date of the divorce complaint, on the theory that these benefits were the result of the parties’ marital efforts that created a potential or "momentum" beyond the filing date of the divorce.
By Jennifer Fortunato
An application for name change is a routine and simple process through which the practitioner can guide the client.
By Cheryl E. Connors and Rebecka J. Whitmarsh
This column will highlight some of the variations that exist, comment on legislative attempts to address the issue and report on two recent cases on admitting mental health records in custody cases.
By Mary Kay Kisthardt and Barbara Handschu
A key difference between international and domestic cases concerns the nature of the applicant. Parents who apply for international relocation have fundamentally different circumstances, concerns and needs than do parents who want to relocate domestically.
By Jeremy D. Morley
Today, family lawyers are confronting issues involving pre-separation dissipation, even though many divorce statutes contain little or no guidance on whether assets dissipated or misappropriated prior to separation can be “added-back” into the marital estate for distribution purposes.
By Mark Momjian
Getting personal and political about same-sex marriage is now becoming a recurrent experience ? all well-timed in light of the pending arguments and recent decisions coming from courts and legislatures across the states.
By Elizabeth J. Berns
Lawyers will have to constantly re-examine the advice that they give their clients and adjust their assumptions in addition to helping them to get out of their marriages, as well as out of debt.
By Elizabeth L. Bennett
