As a thoroughly modern divorce lawyer, I am at my computer, marking up a Marriage Settlement Agreement and emailing it first to my client and then to opposing counsel to get their comments (in different colors) on my draft. It was not always thus. I used to be an old school lawyer. My First Word […]
Does it seem to you like people have shorter fuses these days? Have you noticed people are losing their tempers more quickly, frequently and over smaller things? A lawyer hung up on me the other day. That’s certainly not the first time, and won’t be the last, but I was only halfway through my second […]
One of these days, you too will get “The Call”. It will be opportunity calling. Expect miracles. My son is off to Boston University for his final year of college. He is majoring in journalism and political science. I wrote this to give him some fatherly advice. When I finished it, I thought you might […]
Want to buy some divorce insurance? Jennifer Saranow Schultz reports in the New York Times that SafeGuard Corp. of North Carolina is offering the world’s first divorce insurance called WedLock. For each $15.99 per month you pay, you can buy $1,250 in coverage. The benefit covers the costs of divorce such as lawyer fees or […]
When Harry Truman got mad and fired off a letter, he would put it in a drawer in his desk and let it cool off for a day. Most of those letters were never sent. What would he have done with email? Now there is a new product called ToneCheck, reports the ABA Journal, that […]
Contested Child Custody Checklist In contested child custody cases, Maryland courts apply the best interests standard. Montgomery County v. Sanders, 38 Md. App. 406, 381 A.2d 1154 (1977). This means the judge’s best guess as to where the child will be better off in the future. However, there are certain factors the judge must consider […]
“Just found out divorce mediation is Tuesday afternoon!!! Help! I’m nervous What do I do?! What do I say? How do I dress? How do I act? What questions should/shouldn’t I ask? Give me all tips/advice you all have please! ” — Nicole’s post on Facebook Advice for Handling Divorce Mediation Nicole: Everybody is nervous […]
Divorces are full of tripfalls and traps and pensions are the quicksand of divorces. Dividing military pensions adds another level of difficulty altogether. Howell v. Howell When John and Sandra Howell got divorced in Arizona the state court awarded Sandra 50% of John’s military retirement pay. She began receiving payments a year later when John […]
“I’ve never been divorced before,”said the thin man sitting across the desk from me. His dark narrow eyes darted back and forth as he nervously sipped the bottled water my receptionist had given him. He sank into one of the two wing-back chairs in my office. “I don’t know anything about it. I have a […]
It’s graduation time! Caps will soon be flying as a new crop of graduates join the work-a-day world. My youngest graduates from high school this year. Time for commencement speakers to encourage and offer advice for new graduates. I remember a lawyer spoke at my graduation from law school. He told us that while we […]
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