October, 2011 Articles

Divorce Shows Ripple Effect Amongst Social Groups

UC San Diego Study Indicates Divorce Acts Like Social Contagion Your divorce can have unintended consequences on the marriages of your social circle, a new study seems to show. In the aftermath of one ...
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Mother Battles To Keep Sons Away From Child Killer

Court Allows Stepmother To Live With Boys Over Parental Protestations The mother of two boys was shocked earlier this month when a family law court moved to allow her sons to live with their ...
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Seinfeld’s “The Marriage Ref” Facing Lawsuit for Marriage Breakup

Several months ago, a New York man who had appeared on Jerry Seinfeld's reality show "The Marriage Ref" sued both Seinfeld and the show, proclaiming that his wife became obsessed with ...
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Divorce: Honesty Can Be the Best Policy

Going through a divorce can be extremely emotional and having a qualified attorney to guide you can make this happen far more easily. One way that can bring more difficulty and complexity to a divorce ...
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Court Allows Custody Of Sons To Convicted Child Murderer

Legal Battle Rages Over Mother Court Says Is Cured Of Insanity A child custody case is making waves across the country after a court ruled to allow a woman who was tried and convicted of murdering her ...
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Military Divorce Rate No Longer On The Rise

Number of Divorces Plateaus Amongst Military Families Experts say the rate of divorce in the military, which had been steadily rising for the past decade, remained roughly the same in 2010, with ...
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Post-Divorce Legal Issues

The divorce is over, the legal issues have been decided, and you and your ex-spouse move on. You may think that ends your need for legal assistance as regards child custody , child support , or other ...
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The Prenuptial Agreement: Do You Need One?

Most everyone knows that the longevity factor in today's marriages is not very promising. Many marriages end in divorce, with statistics ranging from 30 to 50 percent. Your chances of maintaining a ...
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Child Custody in California

We have all heard about legal battles between divorcing or divorced parents over child custody. These battles can be bitter, lengthy, and even end in tragedy when a desperate parent loses control with ...
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Divorce Mediation – Is It Possible?

You can't talk to your soon-to-be ex-spouse. You can barely stand to be in the same room together. So how is mediation going to work? And why should you bother in the first place? Does mediation ...
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Mother Ruled Cured Of Insanity

Court Allows Stepsons To Remain With Woman Who Murdered Children In a court ruling that has generated nation-wide controversy, a divorce court moved to block the attempts of a mother to remove her ...
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Can Your Friend’s Divorce Infect Your Marriage?

Study From University Of California San Diego Says Maybe A shocking new piece of research from professors at UC San Diego indicates that divorce can spread from couple to couple in a manner eerily ...
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Explaining Orders of Filiation

An order of filiation is an order made by the court which declares one person to be the legal father of another. This order may be necessary in a situation where the mother of the child was not ...
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Temporary Spousal Support in New York

It may be necessary to request temporary spousal support or temporary spousal maintenance when going through a divorce. In situations where one spouse needs to go back to school or get additional ...
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Preventing Domestic Violence

Domestic violence is a tragic problem that creates havoc in communities across the nation, including the San Bernardino area. When actions are not taken quickly enough, domestic violence can lead to ...
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What Rights Do Grandparents Have?

Grandparents can play an important role in a child's life and sometimes when divorce, death, or family upsets occur, grandparents can have their rights of visitation reduced or denied entirely. There ...
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