I am a child of divorced parents. It was rough and I still bear some scars of what took place. I know my parents are better off without being married to each other, but I also know my siblings and I weren’t. It was difficult. Another confession: I am a divorce lawyer. Sounds obvious right?…
As I discussed in my prior post, the legal concept of “serving process” on the opposing party in a divorce is a very big deal. In my prior post, I discussed service of process by the opposing party acknowledging that they were served, signing a pre-approved form, and then sending the form back to the…
When starting any legal proceeding, service of process is a big deal. In order to get a lawsuit, dissolution of marriage, paternity petitioner, adoption petition, or other family law, legal proceeding going, the petitioning party must issue service of process. What is service of process? I discussed in a prior post the common meaning and…
Selecting a family law lawyer in your area may be a difficult decision. However, when you do select an attorney, you should be cognizant of exactly how to work with the attorney. As was discussed in a prior post, attorneys need to work together with clients in every facet of the case. The relationship between an attorney…
Getting a divorce is a life altering event. The decision to end a marriage is never an easy one – especially when children are involved. The long-term effects on children of divorce parents can be severe. When the decision to end a marriage happens, it is certainly easier if their are no children. There are…
Establishing paternity is a very important legal step that all non-married fathers should take. As any experienced family law lawyer will tell you, the formal establishment of paternity is accomplished in a number of ways and often the unmarried father of the child will not know that he has actually established paternity in a legal…
If you are going to file an initial pleading or other legal document with a court, you are going to need to consider a very important legal matter that many non family law lawyers often miss – the necessity of “service of process”. In theory, service of process is simple concept. Basically, when a Petition…
The first step you must follow to get a divorce is to file a document called a “Petition for Dissoluton of Marriage” and a “Summons” with a court. Each state has different laws; however, it is likely not an overstatement to say that the “Petition” and the “Summons” are two universals across the country. Furthermore,…
