How healthy are the other members of your household?
Posted July 23rd, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
One often-overlooked factor in a child custody case is the health of the household. More specifically, a Family Court judge can inquire into how healthy the members of your household are. This includes any family member or resident who comes in regular contact with the children, such as live-in grandparents, half-brothers and half-sisters, other relatives, […]
Read MoreGet out of the smoke: Keep your kids away from chain-smoking parents.
Posted July 21st, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Here’s some first-hand advice about second-hand smoke: If you smoke in the presence of your child, you’re harming you chances for custody or visitation rights. If your ex-husband or ex-spouse is a smoker, he or she is also undermining his/her access rights to the child. In fact, the Ohio Court of Common Pleas, ruled as […]
Read MoreAlimony: How Much Can I Pay Now To Buy My Way Out of It Forever?
Posted July 20th, 2016.
Categories: Family Law, The Calculating Lawyer.
Oh no! The ugly “A” word —Alimony. It may be tax-deductible to the party paying it, and taxable to the party receiving it, but it’s controversial nevertheless. The spouse who is obligated to pay alimony often objects to the process of writing weekly or monthly checks to his ex-spouse, especially if his own financial situation […]
Read MoreDisrespect toward the court can weaken a custody case: Leveraging this point to your advantage.
Posted July 20th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Many years ago, in Kansas City, Missouri, a mother involved in a child custody dispute took issues into her own hands. The case was Shepard vs. Shepard, and the mother in this case had little respect for the orders of the court. To quote the judge in the case, “If they do not please or […]
Read MoreWho’s watching the kids while you’re at work?
Posted July 19th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Is it your mother or your father? Is it your overbearing sister? Maybe it’s the texting teenaged tomboy from around the corner. When was the last time you questioned who’s watching your children while you’re at work. In many child custody cases, parents fight hard to win the right of primary custodial parent….and then, they […]
Read MoreBefore you sign off on your custody agreement, consider these financial factors…
Posted July 18th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
How you divide custody and parenting time with the other parent is rarely based on financial considerations alone. Occasionally, however, there are some financial factors worth taking into consideration before you sign on the dotted line. Of course, one should never fight for custody or increased visitation rights on the belief that it will save […]
Read MoreRegister court orders when you move out of state.
Posted July 16th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Don’t forget to register your child custody and child support orders when you move out of state. Because family law is based on state law, your custody order or support order is not automatically recognized by the other 49 states in the union. If your custody and support orders are actually contained within your Final […]
Read MoreDon’t cry wolf without evidence. Unproven abuse allegations can backfire.
Posted July 15th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
If you suspect that the other parent (or somebody in his or her household) is abusing your child, investigate the matter carefully and discretely. Don’t cry wolf and begin pointing fingers before you’ve double-checked and triple-checked the situation. Of course, you don’t want to ignore any serious allegation of child abuse, whether it’s physical, sexual, […]
Read MoreGet it on the record: Be sure to challenge sidebars and private conferences.
Posted July 14th, 2016.
Categories: Custody Tips, Family Law.
Family courts have good reason for dealing with issues informally from time to time. Family matters, after all, require a human touch. Sensitive issues, involving parents and children, may require some human “massaging” in ways that the formal rules of procedure and rules of evidence cannot always accomplish. Beware! Some family courts tend to break […]
Read MoreDamages for Interfering With Your Real Property Rights. What’s It Worth?
Posted July 13th, 2016.
Categories: The Calculating Lawyer.
When you’ve suffered damages to your real estate involving an income-producing property, it is sometimes difficult to determine exactly how much money you’ve lost. In fact, we often tend to under-estimate our losses by not considering how the timely payment of money goes to work for us. Today’s blog shows you some useful formulas for calculating the loss […]
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