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Stop Threats and Harm with an Emergency Protective Order

While getting a permanent restraining order can be a time consuming process, it is possible to obtain an emergency protective order (EPO) in the interim. This type of order is given in emergency ...
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Two Law Enforcement Officials Arrested for Domestic Violence in California

Last week, news sources reported that a prosecutor in San Francisco, California was arrested for a domestic violence incident against her husband. At this time the details regarding the arrest of ...
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What Can Courts do about Upside Down Residences?

Last night's Family Law Study Group presentation focused on what the court's can do about upside down mortgages in today's lagging economy. Generally, in a dissolution, there is an ...
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Kenny G and Wife End Marriage of 20 Years

The marriage of a musician well-known for his easy-listening tunes is coming to an end. Reports indicate that Kenny G, a saxophonist, learned that his wife filed for divorce from him earlier this ...
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More on No-Fault - Is New York a Quasi No-Fault State?

Although the State's 2010 no-fault divorce law was intended to reduce lengthy litigation, a Suffolk County Judge has recently held that a Wife was not entitled to a divorce from her Husband on her ...
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Fathers Rights and Child Support

Fathers Rights When two people divorce and there are children involved, two things generally happen. Either one of the parents will gain custody of the children and the other will pay child support, ...
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How to plan for spring break in your blended family

It is time to look past winter and start planning for your spring break with your blended family. This is the best time of all, as our younger kids and step kids are off from school, and our college ...
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Kim Kardashian divorce could to be televised

The divorce trial of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries is set to be televised, according to media reports. More... ...
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Nonresidential Parents are Parents, Too

Children do better in life if both parents remain involved in their lives following divorce. And nonresidential parents--the parents that the children don’t live with--are "single ...
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New Proof of Claim Rules in AZ Bankruptcy Cases

In 2005 the bankruptcy law was revamped to its current form. Periodically, the rules that govern bankruptcy are reviewed and tweaked. On December 1, 2011, some of those tweaks took effect. In chapter ...
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How Divorce Differs from Legal Separation

How divorce differs from legal separation: In the state of Arizona, there are in actuality more similarities between a legal separation and a divorce than there are differences. In both a legal ...
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Team Dodge Vega at London's Run 2012 - Charity Run

As it has become part of our tradition Team Dodge & Vega participated in the final year of London's Run. The team did an outstanding job and all members achieved personal records in the ...
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Judge Hely Union County Superior Court-Child Support, Custody Judge

Union County Superior Court located at 2 Broad Street in Elizabeth, New Jersey is where child custody , child support, divorce , alimony, emancipation , paternity, visitation cases are heard in Union ...
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Deion Sanders' Wife Files for Divorce

News sources recently confirmed that former NFL player Deion Sanders is going through a divorce . According to the divorce papers filed by his wife Pilar last week in Texas, Sanders was not a faithful ...
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Adoptive Mother Sued for Child Support after Sending Child Back to Russia

News sources say that a woman is being sued for failing to provide a safe home for the Russian boy that she adopted. Last year, T.H., from Shelbyville, was living with her 7-year-old adopted son. She ...
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What To Know About Your Separation Agreement

When contemplating divorce many couples find it valuable to sign a separation agreement . A separation agreement is signed to solidify the legal separating of husband and wife. Many couples find this ...
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What is debt division?

When a couple files for a divorce, they must decide how they will take care of any outstanding debt they may have. They may choose to both pay off a certain amount separately. Some couples choose to ...
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More Moms Making Child Support Payments

A recent national survey showed that more mothers are now the parent making child support payments. This is a shift from the traditional thought that women receive primary physical custody of children ...
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New Bill Proposed - Living Together But Entitled to a Divorce

Another bill (SB 334) was just proposed in Annapolis that will open new doors for families and attorneys. Last year, the law was changed to allow married persons to divorce so long as they lived ...
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Summer Visitation after 2 years?

My husband gained custody of his three children (12, 10, and 6) two years ago. We live out of state from their mom and she was ordered to pay their travel costs for visitation. She has yet to get them ...
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