Judge Orders Defendant to Marry his Girlfriend – Or Else. A judge in Texas recently ordered a man to marry his 19-year old girlfriend or serve fifteen days in jail as part of the terms of his probation. Josten Bundy pled guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge that stemmed from an altercation with an ex-boyfriend […]
When is a Pre or Post-Nuptial Agreement the Best Wedding Gift? When long-term, same-sex couples finally marry, the best gift they can give to each other may be a pre or post-nuptial agreement. The more cynical and unflattering view of pre and post nuptial agreements is that they represent one or both parties hedging a […]
Co-parent Counseling Many custody cases involve co-parent counseling, whether it is agreed upon by the parties or ordered by the Court. But, what is co-parent counseling? This form of counseling is designed to assist parents in developing better communication skills and developing parenting skills separate and apart from those learned and practiced by those in […]
Social Media Evidence In the last decade, social media has exploded from a college dorm-room time killer into an omnipresent and all-encompassing billion dollar industry. Check-ins, status updates, comments, and tweets are not just used to tell friends and family what you’re up to on a given day. All of this data that we put […]
Bringing new meaning to a 50-50 divorce Recently, a German man made headlines for purportedly taking a divorce order to split property quite literally. A You Tube video surfaced that shows the man sawing several items of personal property in half. The items included a car to a computer and even a stuffed teddy bear. […]
At the Intersection of Immigration and Family Law Given the increasing incidence in our practice of cases involving international couples, we took note yesterday when the United States Supreme Court appeared at the intersection of immigration and family law. At least in the case of Fauzia Din, announced yesterday by Justice Scalia, the Court gave […]
Reasons for Divorce: How Many Cats are Too Many Cats? People file for divorce for many different reasons, some stranger than others. Maybe one spouse meets someone new, maybe a couple simply drifts apart, or maybe one spouse adopts 550 cats. There are bizarre and hard to believe stories from all over the globe accounting […]
Modern Families: the Emergence of Embryo Custodial Rights Last month, Nick Loeb penned an an impassioned Op-Ed Column in the New York Times detailing his custody battle with former fiancee Sofia Vergara, an actress on the ABC sitcom Modern Family. While news on celebrity split-ups is typically found on TMZ rather than the NYT, Mr. Loeb’s case […]
Beat the Heat: The Summer Custody Schedule The summer is a time for trips to the beach, swimming at the pool, no school, and for many divorced parents, custody battles over the summer schedule. In a little over a month, the summer begins for school-aged children in Pennsylvania. If you have a custody agreement with […]
Changes to the Practice of Family Law The advancement of both information technology and medical science continues to shape the practice of family law, and the future of that practice will likely be far different from its past and much of its present. The increasing presence in the marketplace of Legal Zoom and other purveyors […]
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