On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 28, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
Recent details have emerged from court documents outlining the high-asset divorce of semi-retired wrestler Hulk Hogan, who was forced to forfeit 70 percent of his liquid assets in a divorce settlement to his former wife of 26 years. The amount she will receive is...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 23, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
“Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.” It is with those words — tweeted to an estimated audience of many millions by a man who is intensely involved in the medium and was the first person...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 21, 2011 | Divorce
Approximately 75 percent of American combat veterans who have sought treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after returning to the United States from tours in Iraq or Afghanistan admit to having family readjustment problems. Sometimes — and to a...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 18, 2011 | Child Custody
A judge in Connecticut recently ordered a divorcing couple to divulge their passwords used on social networking sites in order for him to gain access and knowledge that might relate to the decision of child custody. Judge Kenneth Shluger regarded his order as part of...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 15, 2011 | Child Custody
Child custody and visitation matters can be among the thorniest and most complex considerations involved in a divorce proceeding and thereafter. Those concerns can be even more acute when grandparents are parties to a dispute. Courts across the country —...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 11, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
The result of a recent Supreme Court case involving rights to an employer-sponsored retirement account following a divorce decree underscores the importance of securing experienced family law counsel in any divorce matter that involves substantial financial interests....
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 8, 2011 | High-Asset Divorce
As we have remarked to our readers many times in prior blog posts, every divorce is unique, with the factors and considerations involved highly singular for each separating couple. Sometimes there is not much to contest or argue about, with dissolution being a simple,...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 4, 2011 | Divorce
We have noted in a prior blog post (August 16) how an online presence not marked by discretion and probity can come back to haunt a person. Posted pictures that belie a stated reality — think public intoxication for a person who says he or she is a reformed...
On behalf of The Siemon Law Firm | Nov 1, 2011 | Child Custody
Courts in many states are increasingly being asked to consider a fairly new factor in their determinations of a child’s best interests in a child custody dispute: obesity. Many things are contributing to this change. One factor commonly noted is the shift that...
