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Clients Can Help - 14 Tips for the Client Going Through a Divorce

April 16, 2008 – 7:20 am

Like most litigants, the end result and the cost of legal representation are among the most important concerns of anyone involved in a family law dispute. With these concerns in mind, clients frequently ask me if there is anything they can or should be doing to reduce the time I need to spend on their […]

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Obligation to maintain life insurance

April 5, 2008 – 12:24 am

Tasara Masaya v. Peter Griffin and Deirdre Newman
This case is an appeal from a final order of the Family Part.’Peter Griffin was married to Deirdre Newman in 1985.’They had two children.’In 2000 Griffin and Newman divorced.’The parties’ Property Settlement Agreement required that the two children remain the beneficiaries of Griffin’s $150,000 policy and his employer […]

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Nation’s Top Divorce Lawyers Note Dramatic Rise in Electronic Evidence

March 24, 2008 – 6:53 am

According to data collected by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), 88% of the country’s divorce lawyers cite an increase in the number of contested divorce cases using electronic data as evidence in the past 5 years.’
Though e-mail is the most frequently used form of electronic evidence, other forms of data used in divorce […]

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Relocation Issues

January 31, 2008 – 8:18 am

Twenty to thirty years ago, there was no issue related to ‘relocation’. There was a custodial parent, usually the Mother, and a non-custodial parent, usually the Father. If Mother wanted to relocate to return to the home of her family, to join her new Husband at his next assignment, or to find a […]

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What you should know about QDROs

December 27, 2007 – 12:13 pm

A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a legal document that directs the administrator of a pension plan to give a certain amount of an employee’s pension to his/her non-employee ex-spouse after the divorce is final. Here are the top four mistakes people make when it comes to QDROs.
By The Institute for Certified Divorce […]

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