On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 31, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
“Desperate Housewives” star Eva Longoria and San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker announced on Friday that their divorce is final. The stars’ three-year marriage was rocked by allegations of infidelity by Parker, which he denies. Longoria cited...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 28, 2011 | Child Custody
Shared parenting brings up a lot of issues. Even happily married parents don’t always disagree on how to raise their children, and it can get even harder after a divorce. Among the many decisions that parent with joint custody need to make together is what...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 26, 2011 | Child Custody
The case of a South Carolina woman with a profound disability shows us just how difficult it could be to balance parental interests with the best interests of the children in child custody disputes after a life-changing event. 34-year-old Abbie D. and her ex-husband...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 21, 2011 | Divorce
An Idaho woman who has won about $90 million in the Mega Millions lottery has just learned that she may be forced to share her winnings with her abusive estranged husband from whom she has been separated for years. The couple separated but has never filed for divorce,...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 18, 2011 | Child Support
If you’re not divorced with children, you probably think of a child support dispute as one of two situations: where the parents are in the middle of a divorce and can’t agree on how much child support should be paid, or where one parent isn’t making...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
An unusually candid discussion among a divorced couple presented on the website BonusFamilies.com illuminates an extremely common problem in shared parenting: The secret battle many divorced parents fight for their kids’ affection. In the worst cases, it may...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 12, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
The ramifications of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme are rippling through all parts of the legal system, including divorce and family law, as a recent high-asset divorce case on appeal in New York demonstrates. In this case, a couple who divorced in 2006 divided their...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 7, 2011 | Child Support
A child support case involving an unemployed father from Rome, Georgia, is putting a spotlight on a very important question: What is the most effective way for our society to ensure that child support gets paid in a timely fashion to the children who need it?...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Jan 6, 2011 | Child Support
When parents are married and one becomes unemployed, the family scrimps and saves, cuts back on things and works through the tough economic period. When a divorced or unmarried parent loses a job, it can have serious legal repercussions. That’s because unmarried...
