How to prove your ex is a compulsive antisocial masochist
Posted June 10th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
If the judge orders you and your ex-spouse (or ex-partner) to be tested by a psychologist as part of your child custody case, you may be given a test known as the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III, known as the MCMI-III for short. The MCMI-III is one of a number of personality tests given to parents […]
Read MoreLottery Winner’s Dilemma: Lump Sum or Annuity? Calculating the Present Value of an Annuity.
Posted June 9th, 2016.
Categories: The Calculating Lawyer.
What if you won the lottery tomorrow, and your jackpot was $60,000 a year for 15 years? That would come to $900,000! But, of course, you would have to wait 15 years to collect it all. What if you could take a smaller amount today in a single lump sum payment? What amount today would […]
Read MoreGet ready to be tested! Do you have the right personality for full custody of your children?
Posted June 9th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Your kids aren’t the only ones taking tests. If you’re fighting for primary custody, you may be required to take one or more psychological tests to determine if you have the appropriate personality for the job. Over the next few days, we’ll be talking about some of the most popular court-ordered tests that parents are […]
Read MoreGrowing the Trust Fund: How much do you need today?
Posted June 8th, 2016.
Categories: The Calculating Lawyer.
So you want to stash away some money for your children — a trust fund. Or perhaps you need to fund a support trust for an elderly family member. If you want the fund to generate the same amount of money every year, year after year, then you need to consult the simple formula for the present value of […]
Read MoreYou’ve heard of Tit for Tat. Well, now there’s Tat for Tot.
Posted June 8th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
The old English expression “Tit for Tat” means this for that — if you did this to me, then I’m doing that to you. Equal retaliation! In a child custody case, however, you’d do better to think of the expression TAT for TOT. That’s because TAT stands for Thematic Apperception Test, and it is one […]
Read MoreRefresher Course 103: Rate of Return
Posted June 7th, 2016.
Categories: Employment Law, The Calculating Lawyer.
The Rate of Return (ROR) is a generic reference to the gain or profit derived from a certain decision, investment or action. There are, in fact, many different kinds of rates of return, and a variety of formulas for determining the benefit or profitability of decision, investment or action. Calculating rates of return is another […]
Read MoreWhat’s your child’s IQ, and how can that affect your right to custody?
Posted June 7th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Among the various psychological tests that may be given to your child in a custody case is a well-known IQ test known as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). The revised version of the test, WISC-R, and the fourth edition of the test, WISC-IV, are often used to test children, ages 6 to 17, […]
Read MoreRefresher Course 102: Determining Probability
Posted June 6th, 2016.
Categories: Employment Law, The Calculating Lawyer.
The probability of a single event happening is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes. It is the number of ways in which an event can occur divided by the number of possible events. To determine a probability, we start with a fraction. So, for example, if we wished to determine the […]
Read MoreClick on the website for your children’s school. Collect program data and other valuable information for your custody case.
Posted June 6th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Nothing makes a parent shine in family court more than a detailed knowledge of his/her child’s schools and their academic programs. For this reason, it is important to click on the websites for your children’s school district as well as the individual schools your kids are attending. School websites are a fertile source of valuable […]
Read MoreRefresher Course 101: Simple Interest
Posted June 3rd, 2016.
Categories: Employment Law, The Calculating Lawyer.
Before we dive into formulas, let’s review some basic calculations, including the equation for calculating simple interest. Because money has time value, we apply interest as the basic equalizer. Simple interest calculations account for the time value by raising the principal to a higher number. Calculating interest is a very basic and commonly understood process, […]
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