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Divorce parties can mark a new, fresh start

Divorce parties have become a popular event to try and make the transition from married life to single life as smooth as possible.

Coach Judy’s Practical Tips: How Children Are Effected by Divorce

Coach Judy’s Practical Tips: What to Avoid So Children Can Achieve Success If you could turn back the clock just before the relationship deteriorated or during the legal process, what would you have done differently to save the pain and anger you or your children may be experiencing then or now? Too often, relationship end [...]

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

“Domestic Violence” is a very specific category of acts criminal in nature included by not limited to homicide, assault, terroristic threats, kidnapping, criminal restraint, sexual assault, and harassment. Many people have bad marriages and bad treatment and words from their spouses; i.e., “I am going to take everything from you in the divorce. You are [...]

Child Support

  CHILD SUPPORT                   Children are entitled to child support.  It is their legal right.              New Jersey uses child support guidelines which are mainly, but not exclusively, based on both parents’ income and the number of overnights each parent has with the child.               The Child Support guidelines are not [...]

Latest Issue of Divorce Magazine is Here!

Divorce Magazine’s winter/spring 2012 edition features an important and timely look at how individuals going through divorce can transform their negative thoughts into positive insight, and use that new awareness to make wise and compassionate decisions during divorce. I believe positive attitude, emotional well-being and mental clarity are three keys to making the right decisions during [...]

Spousal Support: ‘Till Death Do us Part?

The issue of spousal support – and whether it should be permanent, linked to the length of a marriage, or linked to the financial capacity of the paying spouse – was recently raised by the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that settlements should typically remain settled (i.e. unchanging) unless a spouse can prove a [...]

WHAT TO DO WITH AN ARMED INTRUDER

I believe lawyers are at particular risk for an armed intruder.  Every law office should have a specific plan for dealing with armed intruders.  There are three basic steps of action: Escape if you can. (Plan designated escape routes) Hide under a desk or in a closet or anywhere you can find. If left with [...]

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM HAVING LANGUAGE INTERPRETED AGAINST YOU WHEN YOU ARE THE DRAFTER

All attorneys know there are “rules of construction” in the interpretation of contracts and agreements.  These rules call for the Court to first see if the language is clear without further testimony.  If the language is not clear, the Court might hear testimony as to the intent of the parties.  If the intent is still [...]

THANKSGIVING IS A SPIRITUAL STATE OF MIND

We all know that the Pilgrims invented Thanksgiving at a time when they were living in the harshest of environments and suffering unspeakable misery with famine, and death from disease. They taught us that Thanksgiving is a spiritual state of mind which is available to all of us no matter what our circumstances. In our [...]

MISSISSIPPI IS THE FIRST STATE TO ALLOW A DIVORCE SOLELY ON THE USE OF MARIJUANA

Mississippi Code Section 93-5-1 (Rev. 2004) lists “habitual and excessive use of opium, morphine, or other like drug” as a ground for divorce. A grant of divorce on this ground requires the plaintiff to establish that the spouse’s drug use was (1) habitual and frequent, (2) excessive and uncontrollable, and (3) that involved opium, morphine, [...]

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