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It was truly a high-asset divorce in every sense of that phrase, and the legal battle surrounding its material details has been playing out in courts for more than 15 years. It may have finally come to an end last week in the United States Supreme Court. The case of...
Although the following story concerning child custody comes from Minneapolis rather than Fulton County, it is instructive for its portrayal of the types of complex and emotional issues that can arise in custody matters anywhere in the country and how the law responds...
A case we reported on in a blog post last month concerning a child custody ruling in North Carolina was raising a number of eyebrows then and rapidly garnering a considerable amount of attention from the national press. What a difference a few weeks makes. Since April...
A case in Tennessee that is attracting a considerable amount of legal interest and is currently before that state's Supreme Court highlights the concept of alimony following divorce, also commonly referred to in Georgia as spousal support or spousal maintenance. The...
Deborah Moskovitch, an author and divorce consultant, notes that the divorce rate is increasing for couples who have been married for several decades or longer -- termed "grey divorce" -- and that, given societal changes, this should hardly be surprising. She notes,...
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....
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...
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...
Here is a telling statistic for persons in family law disputes who aren't particularly careful about their social media presence: According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, online posts -- mostly from Facebook -- were introduced into evidence in about...
When we last visited the Halle Berry child custody dispute, it was to note that Berry and her ex-partner Gabriel Aubry were locked in a court battle over parenting arrangements and Aubry's access to the couple's young daughter. Berry and Aubry -- who were never...
