September, 2009 Blog Posts
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 By Cutter & Lax
We are pleased to announce our new San Fernando Valley Divorce Blog. We believe our intense focus on family law gives us an edge in the cases we take on. Founding attorney Nelson Cutter and his ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2009
Television is taking notice. ABC's 20/20 is planning an upcoming segment on couples who would otherwise divorce, if only the economy were in a better situation. There is an online application to be a ...
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Posted on Sep 28, 2009
A recent AP article detailed the U.S. counties with the highest number of divorced residents. The article focused on Monroe County, Florida (Florida Keys) and Wayne County, Indiana. The hedonistic ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2009 By Belinda Etezad Rachman
With Mackenzie Phillips' disclosure about an incestuous relationship with her father, expect a torrent of articles about the topic of child sexual abuse. Sometimes it takes a public figure coming ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2009
A recent AFP article linked the recession in Spain to a reduction in couples filing for divorce . Spain's divorce rate went down 12.5% in 2008, just as the worldwide recession hit the Iberian country.
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Posted on Sep 23, 2009 By Belinda Etezad Rachman
No one goes into marriage thinking they will divorce one day, but if half of all marriages end in divorce, as the statistics tell us, the chance of a couple staying together are about 50/50, ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2009
A recent Houston Business Journal article described the growing trend of collaborative divorce . Collaborative divorce is an excellent alternative to litigation. It can help parties in a divorce case ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2009
A recent Dear Abby column gave useful advice for relatives of those going through a divorce . In the letter to Abby, an adult daughter complained that she could not stand hearing her mother bash her ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2009 By Ben Licas
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Posted on Sep 18, 2009 By Charlotte County Divorce Attorney
Welcome to our Charlotte County Family Law Blog
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Posted on Sep 16, 2009
America's new post-US Open sweetheart, Melanie Oudin, may have been distracted in her quarterfinal match against Caroline Wozniacki. SI.com reports that her parents are in the middle of a divorce , in ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2009
Last Wednesday, Hugh Hefner filed for divorce from his second wife, Kimberly Conrad. The Hefners married in 1989, and have two sons. After the success of The Girls Next Door , Hef's television show ...
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Posted on Sep 10, 2009
With the economy the way it is, and more people out of work now than at any time in recent memory, imputing wages is becoming a bigger part of all support cases, including cases involving maintenance ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2009
Turns out busy kids are happy kids Overbooked kids? Nah, it’s parents who stress - Kids and parenting- msnbc.com. It’s the parents that need a break. Often times in Colorado divorce cases, ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2009
A recent case in New Hampshire highlights the difficulty for family law courts when parents disagree about their child’s education. In the New Hampshire case, the mother wanted their daughter to ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2009
Many times we get phone calls from parents who live out of state and need to know where to file their case. Sometimes their case is a modification of a previous court order and sometimes we are ...
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