Posts belonging to Category Divorce Lawyers
Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on January 9, 2012
As a family lawyer, I often deal with abuse that is difficult, if not impossible to prove. The divorce lawyer faces many obstacles in dealing with this. First, many people don’t fully appreciate the abuse they are suffering because it is so subtle. Second, the abused person often feels either responsible or so embarrassed that [...]
Categories: Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, Divorce Lawyers, Emotions, Love & Relationships, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 28, 2011
Divorce negotiation is a tricky thing. It is much more complicated than a business negotiation because of the emotions involved. It is also made difficult by the fact that few married people can negotiate at what we call “arms length.” Each party has emotional leverage on the other. Most often, one party has superior emotional [...]
Categories: Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Lawyers, Do-It-Yourself Divorce, Emotions, How to Divorce, Mediation, Settlement, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on November 14, 2011
Lawyers are taught that they are to rely upon “precedent” in advising their clients and presenting their cases. “Precedent” means that the matter has been decided a certain way before by a court of authority and it should be decided that way again. But the truth of the matter is that precedent seems to do [...]
Categories: Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Statistics, Emotions, Financial, How to Divorce, Legal, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on October 31, 2011
A wide range of complicated legal issues sit upon the horizon in the clash between States that allow rights for gays and States that don’t. The wall seems to have fallen blocking gay marriage, and those married in States where it is legal will be moving into States where it is not. With regard to [...]
Categories: Children & Divorce, Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Emotions, Legal, Marriage, Separation
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on October 11, 2011
Every divorce case is a financial planning negotiation and requires the development of detailed budget, asset and liability information. Assets and liabilities are relatively easy to pin down with documents and appraisals. Accurate budget information is another thing altogether. Clients are usually told to sit down with their checks and credit cards and average the [...]
Categories: Business Valuation, Collaborative Divorce, Divorce, Divorce Lawyers, Do-It-Yourself Divorce, Financial, How to Divorce, Mediation, Settlement, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on August 22, 2011
Would you go on a cruise without knowing the final cost? Would you board the boat knowing that your bill would be based upon the number of hours that people worked on the ship or waited on you? Would you want to be sent a bill at the end of the cruise based upon the [...]
Categories: Divorce Lawyers, Financial, How to Divorce, Legal, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Joseph Cordell on August 18, 2011
President Obama’s Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative was created to address the growing crisis of fatherlessness in America, a disturbing trend that is rooted in part to the lack of rights given fathers in family courtrooms. Though the messages on Fatherhood.gov are focused on helping dads play a bigger role in their children’s lives, little attention [...]
Categories: Child Custody, Children & Divorce, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on August 8, 2011
Attorneys and other professionals are caught up in their “professional standing” as a marketing tool. Attorneys, for example, think its important to market their Martindale-Hubbell rating, or their listing in Best Lawyers in America or a local ranking as a Top 50 lawyer in their city. These things are certainly important, but what professionals don’t [...]
Categories: Divorce Lawyers, Tips, Uncategorized
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on August 1, 2011
The answer is “Yes, but there are a couple of cautionary matters.” Our firm encourages clients to bring supportive friends or family to interviews, particularly the initial interview. When people visit their divorce lawyer for the first time, they are usually distraught, fearful and disoriented. It is usually difficult to think and understand. The initial [...]
Categories: Divorce, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Emotions, How to Divorce, Tips
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Posted by Lawyer - Mark Chinn on July 11, 2011
All divorce lawyers are seeing a dramatic increase in the role of the Internet in their cases. People are communicating via email, connecting on social dating sites, using GPS devices and intercepting communications by their spouse on their computer. People are also impersonating other people on the Internet. The Mississippi Legislature has just passed a [...]
Categories: Divorce, divorce court, Divorce Laws, Divorce Lawyers, Legal, Tips, Uncategorized
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