As a lawyer, I often look at a particular state’s laws and read the definitions of the words I am researching. I have to know the word-by-word definitions of many legal terms and, at times, it can be very confusing. Imagine what non-lawyers feel like when they are trying to understand the law. I would…
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…
A divorce is a different legal proceedings than a legal separation. This is true in every state in the United States. A divorce has its own set of laws which govern how it proceeds through the legal system. The same goes for a legal separation. Put simply, a legal separation is just what it sounds…
Many people are confused about the process of hiring a divorce lawyer. For instance, how do you know which lawyer is good for you? How do you know if the lawyer will do a good job with your divorce? Can you afford to pay a divorce lawyer? These are all questions that are valid and…
Many people who are not family law lawyers don’t know that, if they want to file their own divorce paperwork with a court, they must file it in the county where either the husband or wife resides. Furthermore, when I say county, I mean the county in the state where the husband and wife live.…
I am a child of divorced parents. It was rough and I still bear some scars of what took place. I know my parents are better off without being married to each other, but I also know my siblings and I weren’t. It was difficult. Another confession: I am a divorce lawyer. Sounds obvious right?…
As I discussed in my prior post, the legal concept of “serving process” on the opposing party in a divorce is a very big deal. In my prior post, I discussed service of process by the opposing party acknowledging that they were served, signing a pre-approved form, and then sending the form back to the…
