On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 27, 2011 | Child Custody
Japan is the only country among the Group of Seven industrialized nations that dominate international politics and economic matters that has not signed the Hague Convention on international child abduction. That 1980 agreement has also been signed by 80 other...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 24, 2011 | Prenuptial Agreements
We have remarked in previous posts that, notwithstanding the entertainment value some people might derive from celebrity tales that occasionally dominate media headlines for a time, those stories can be widely instructive regarding family matters and other issues....
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 19, 2011 | Divorce
Calling it “one of the most noticeable changes in marital patterns,” a Census Bureau report released yesterday cites the strong trend evidenced over the past quarter century indicating that millions of American women are choosing to delay marriage. In...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 16, 2011 | Child Support
It would certainly be reasonable to think that most family law issues concerning professional sports stars in the United States would center on highly valued property and other assets, given that the average annual wage of a pro football player is nearly $2 million...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 12, 2011 | Child Custody
A North Carolina judge has just issued a ruling in a child custody case that is drawing an unusual amount of scrutiny and comment from both legal and cancer experts. Judge Nancy Gordon awarded primary custody of two children to their father in Chicago, ordering that...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 9, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
A sticking point in the divorce dispute between actor Michael Douglas and his first wife highlights an element of property division that is sometimes ignored yet can be relevant in many dissolution proceedings, whether involving a celebrity or not. Douglas and his...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 5, 2011 | Fathers' Rights
Authors of two new studies focused on child custody conclude that there is marked variance between custody outcomes that many people tend to view as “standard” and what most people would do if they were in a position to decide custody matters. In other...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | May 2, 2011 | Prenuptial Agreements
We discussed the changing perceptions of many marrying couples toward prenuptial agreements in a recent blog post (April 8), noting that these agreements (also commonly called premarital agreements) are being increasingly employed in first and, especially, subsequent...
