Most parents realize the importance of child support to the wellbeing of their child and pay the money ordered by the court without question. But, events can happen in anyone’s life that completely upend all plans and good intentions such as extended unemployment, major illness or a serious accident. Any of these items will dramatically...

The divorce process can bring up many emotions as each person tries to work through the financial and lifestyle adjustments that come when a family separates. These emotional changes can also be compounded by the legal issues most commonly involved in any divorce – child custody, visitation, child support, and property division.  Discussion around any...

Providing financial support for a child is the legal obligation of all parents and does not disappear when a couple divorces or separates, regardless of the amount of parenting time a parent is granted. Child support payments are needed to provide a child with basic necessities of living, and the parent not receiving this money...

Divorce and the separation of families has consequences that reach far beyond the borders of the central family unit. Extended family members, neighbors and friends commonly bear the fallout of these situations when people move away or become less social as a consequence of the breakdown in relationships. The loss of these connections is especially...

It is nearly impossible to get through the divorce process completely pain-free, but that does not mean there are not options available to make divorce an easier and less combative experience. Collaborative divorce is a non-adversarial method that allows parties to mutually work out issues normally decided by a court in a divorce case –...

Being accused of any crime can result in far reaching consequences that are completely unrelated to the alleged criminal act – job loss, rupture of the family unit, and social avoidance. The potential occurrence of these damaging repercussions is especially prevalent with accusations of crime that are violent in nature and most especially with accusations...

Any bankruptcy case, regardless of how complicated or simple, will always have certain parties with different roles to play in the process. The first party is the debtor, or the person who files for bankruptcy due to unpaid debt. There is your attorney, who is there to represent your interests and to make sure the...

While there are many issues in a typical divorce that can easily spill over into contentious disputes, issues surrounding child custody and parenting time are particularly prone to instigating bitter and drawn out fights. The sustained and entrenched positions parents may take in these situations certainly make sense when one considers a decision ordered by...

Child custody decisions are sometimes easy to make, especially in cases where one parent does not have the time or resources to adequately care for a child. Often times both parents have legitimate cases in support of the child primarily living with each of them. These disagreements usually emerge at the beginning of the divorce...

Divorce and transferring back and forth between homes can be very hard on a child as it upends any sense of security and stability. Sharing child custody is not easy for the parents either, but the arrangement can become even more stressful if the parent with primary custody decides to move far away. As reported...