This post is more for the lawyers. However, it is important that people understand what their family law lawyers are doing. I know, most of my clients have taken very little interest in how the law actually works. They would rather the lawyer do the work and help them with their situation: be it a…
If there is a number one question that I get asked by clients it would be: “how does a judge make a decision on who gets child custody?” My answer is different depending on the facts of each individual case, but, to keep it simple, the judge makes a decision based on the “best interest…
A divorce is a different legal proceedings than a legal separation. This is true in every state in the United States. A divorce has its own set of laws which govern how it proceeds through the legal system. The same goes for a legal separation. Put simply, a legal separation is just what it sounds…
Many people who are not family law lawyers don’t know that, if they want to file their own divorce paperwork with a court, they must file it in the county where either the husband or wife resides. Furthermore, when I say county, I mean the county in the state where the husband and wife live.…
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…
