Everything about and for divorce lawyers.
The question is whether a divorce litigant can move to have the judge in the case substituted for another judge. The answer is: It depends. For example, I’m not 100% sure about mid-trial substitutions as of right. I think that is discretionary and I think it depends on the court, on the situation, on the evidence …
Read moreThe judge hates you? Can you substitute him for a more impartial judge?
IS THE DIVORCE INDUSTRY TO BLAME?: Notwithstanding what such a thing would do to the “livelihood” of divorce lawyers, divorce judges, court evaluators, private investigators, forensics accountants, guardian ad litems, mediators, child psychologists and their progeny, I have started to believe that all divorcing parties should represent themselves in a divorce – even if it means going …
CIVIL PRACTICE LAWS AND RULES 2301-2308 So, what can you do when your estranged spouse subpoenas documents or individuals in your divorce action and puts you in the hot seat? Well, that’s always annoying. But it is a good idea to accept that divorce is a swamp from which there is often no way to emerge …
Read moreDivorce Subpoenas: What to do when your soon to be ex issues a subpoena in a divorce case
The UCCJEA is a really convoluted statute that has a lot of moving parts. But essentially, the idea is that you can’t just relocate with a child or kidnap a child and think you will get away with it, and think you can haul the other parent in a foreign forum to defend a child …
Read moreUCCJEA: What this statute says about kidnapping children and taking them across state lines
This Connecticut case raised the age old question of how to get out of a properly executed prenup. The court of appeals basically decided, you can’t. Roberta Delente, 42, was a Brazilian model who was married to Peter McKenna, a partner in a law firm. The two executed a prenup 5 days prior to their …
Not much else needs to be said about this. We agree with this ruling from the New York Court of Appeals. http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202464323800&NY_Appeals_Court_Affirms_Lesbians_Duty_to_Pay_Child_Support
DIVORCE TENNESSEE STYLE – It’s my first post of the day as I’ve been communing with my cat who is unwell. Actually, I took him to be “put down” on Saturday and then I realized, hey, what the eff are you doing? This little creature may be sick but he can see and hear and …
Academy Award Winner Sandra Bullock has filed for divorce and is proceeding with the adoption of an infant boy, Louis Bardot Bullock, even though she’s living in Los Angeles. Question: Why did she file in Austin Texas even though she’s got a home in Hollywood? Well, for one thing, she also has a residence in …
A NEW YORK DIVORCE ATTORNEY DISHES ON 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING A DIVORCE IN NEW YORK STATE * 1. New York is the only “fault” state in the Union. Even though people are trying hard to change the law, right now you still need grounds to get a divorce here. There is no …
Read moreNEW YORK: 10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT GETTING A DIVORCE IN NEW YORK STATE
So. We thought we would talk with a divorce lawyer from another country to get a sense of divorce issues in other jurisdictions. To that end, we invited UK solicitor (former solicitor) John Bolch who is the author of the divorce blog, Family Lore, for a fireside chat about all things divorce in England. Here …
Read moreDivorce Saloon speaks with UK divorce solicitor John Bolch