I wanted to talk about whether a divorce settlement is legally binding in this post. Why? Because somebody found this blog using those exact search terms which they typed into a search engine: “is a divorce settlement legally binding?” I thought about the questions when I read the search terms and I realized that the…
Although the law varies from state-to-state, there is a certain period of time in which a person who is served with divorce paperwork must submit their own “Answer” or risk being defaulted by the court. As divorce lawyers will tell you, filing an Answer is a very important step in defending your rights in any…
If there is a number one question that I get asked by clients it would be: “how does a judge make a decision on who gets child custody?” My answer is different depending on the facts of each individual case, but, to keep it simple, the judge makes a decision based on the “best interest…
