If police sergeant Norman Benjamin had not been nearly killed in a shooting, his wife would never have known that he had filed for an uncontested divorce. He claimed that he did not know her whereabouts when he filed for the divorce on May 19th. Even as she confronted him with information about the divorce, Mr. […]
Orders of protection is a system that was originally created to help protect against abuse. It has now become a strategic move used by lawyers to benefit their client. To obtain the orders of protection a women must claim that she has a reasonable fear for her life. She is not required to have documented […]
According to Us Politics Today, No fault divorces are becoming increasingly common in Georgia. Traditionally, a party seeking a divorce would have to establish some type of fault recognized by statute in order for a court to grant a divorce. Fault may also be considered in the distribution of property as well as in child […]
According to the Huffington Post Studies show that children whose parents divorce or separate before they are 5 are more likely to develop binge drinking behaviors by the time they reach their teen years versus parents who stay together or show high levels of parental warmth. Read more : Huffington Post
The Montreal Gazette reports former welterweight champion Arturo Gatti consulted a divorce lawyer two months before his suspicious death – a tragedy that would set his widow up with a $3.4-million inheritance. According to the Montreal Gazette “Last week, Gatti’s childhood friend, Antonio Rizzo, testified that Gatti asked him for help finding a divorce lawyer. […]
According to the financial website Forbes the prospect of divorce does not have to drive a wedge in your family businesses. As the report states : “Owning a family-run business has many advantages, like getting to work with the most important people in your life, convenience, flexibility and lower employment costs. Still, mixing business and […]
The new same sex marriage law in New York has important implications on same sex parenting agreements. The law will not recognize the non-biological parent as an individual with parental rights unless they finalize an adoption agreement. It is recommended to file for a second-parent adoption in order to gain these parental rights as opposed […]
In the wake of his impending divorce to songstress Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony has spoken out denying the severity of the action. According to Anthony: “I’ll tell you that it wasn’t something sensationalistic happening,” Anthony, 42, said in a Nightline interview airing on ABC Thursday at 11:35 p.m. EST. “It was a realization on both […]
As we reported last week on New York Divorce News, there are rumors circulating that long time Hollywood couple, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith are set to separate. In the wake of this news, they have been seen out together frolicking in the sun as though there isn’t trouble in paradise. Needless to say they […]
Though the taxing process of paying taxes isn’t all too different from the past few decades, divorce is. Joint Custody and several other changes in how property is split has made determining what is owed to the government, and by whom, harder than ever before. Listed below are tips on five of the most distressing […]
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