On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 25, 2011 | Fathers' Rights
The state house of representatives in South Dakota have passed bill that will require divorce court judges to start from the assumption that physical custody will be shared equally between mothers and fathers. While the shared custody bill still has to make it through...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 22, 2011 | Divorce
While the issues that bring relationships to a close may be eternal, the process of getting a divorce does change, somewhat, over time. Fundamental changes to divorce law are rare, but we do see changes in the process of how the parties come to resolve the fundamental...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 18, 2011 | Divorce
As we reported on October 15, a Democratic activist filed a motion to unseal the 2001 divorce records of Austin Scott, a Republican who was campaigning to unseat four-term incumbent U.S. Representative Jim Marshall of Georgia’s eighth district in south-central...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 16, 2011 | Fathers' Rights
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry, the father of her daughter, appear to have ended their child custody dispute. Celebrity gossip website RadarOnline reports that Aubry filed a motion yesterday to withdraw his fathers’ rights lawsuit...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 14, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
Maintaining privacy is a particular challenge in high-profile divorce cases involving celebrities and public figures. Keeping media attention to a minimum and guarding the client’s private information, such as the contents of the divorce agreement should always...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 11, 2011 | Child Custody
In the first part of this two-part series, we discussed a recent article by a New York family mediator calling attention to the acrimonious child custody dispute between Halle Berry and Gabriel Aubry, the father of her two-year-old daughter. Many people have been...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 10, 2011 | Child Custody
Many people have been shocked by the acrimony in the recent child custody dispute between Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry and her ex-boyfriend, Canadian model and restaurateur Gabriel Aubry. The pair share a two-year-old daughter. Berry has made veiled accusations...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 5, 2011 | Divorce
It can be difficult to determine exactly what serves as the impetus for a particular couple to decide on divorce. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal looked at one particularly interesting factor that can drive couples apart and, over time, can lead...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Feb 4, 2011 | Fathers' Rights
Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is becoming increasingly embroiled in an acrimonious child custody dispute with her ex-boyfriend, Canadian model and restaurateur Gabriel Aubry, the father of the couple’s two-year-old daughter. In December, after the couple...
