Articles in Channel: Divorce & Family Law

Daniel's Law: Safe Haven for Abandoned Child and His Parents

March 15, 2010 20:14

Section 63-7-40 of the South Carolina Code of Laws, as amend, provides distressed young women and men an opportunity to surrender a new born child without being prosecuted for abandoning the child. The above section provides that a person who leaves an infant at a  safe haven or directs...

WIFE HUSBAND JOINT OWNERSHIP HOME SUMMIT UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY FAMILY LAW MEDIATION

Charles C. Abut
March 15, 2010 20:05

When a New Jersey wife and husband own their home as tenants by the entireties, each of them has an automatic right of survivorship. Here, the wife filed a bankruptcy petition and then died while it was pending. When the... When a New Jersey wife and husband own their home as tenants by the...

Topic 5: Health and Life Insurance

March 15, 2010 18:24

Hi there In today's political climate the next item, health insurance, is somewhat challenging to consider. There should be provisions in all agreements, for both health insurance coverage and for how you will handle the uninsured medical expenses for both yourselves and your children. Generally...

Avoiding Financial Disaster in Divorce

March 15, 2010 16:38

Many people face financial uncertainty when they divorce in Texas.  Often, this stems from taking the same amount of income that was previously being used to fund one household and splitting it up to cover two househoulds, including two house payments, two utility payments, two sets of...

Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Filing for Divorce

March 15, 2010 13:22

A divorce can be one of the most stressful and emotionally involved experiences of your life.  The more prepared you are when beginning the divorce process, the smoother the process will be for you. Therefore, it is important to ask yourself the following key questions to make sure you...

What Type of Entity is Best for you in New Jersey

March 15, 2010 13:08

There are a number of different factors one must consider in forming an entity in New Jersey, chief among them: (a) how the entity will be taxed, (b) management, and (c) to what extent does the entity offer protection from personal liability.  What follows is a brief description of entity...

Tzolis No Solace for Proponent of LLC Member Expulsion

March 15, 2010 11:00

 Two cases do not a trend make, but I can't shake the feeling that the Brooklyn-based Second Department appeals court has clamped down on the era of freewheeling judicial remedies in business breakup cases involving limited liability companies. As I reported here, last January the...

How Can Your Fear Serve You?

Helene Taylor
March 13, 2010 20:40

If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You’ll grow up. You’ll lose your dependency on the grown-ups of the world because you’ll realize that there is no time, no age, at which fear suddenly fades and you become one of these impervious...

Bankruptcy Filings Up Substantially in 2009

March 13, 2010 17:51

As a practicing family and bankruptcy attorney, I consistently run into cases where people are dealing with both a divorce (or other family law related matter), as well as a bankruptcy.  This is because, many times, one is the cause of the other (this works both ways), and the...

Burns Institute State Map of Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)

March 13, 2010 16:54

The Haywood Burns institute, a San Francisco-based national nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of youth of color has created a State Map of Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) to quantify Disproportionate Minority Contact on a state-by-state basis. DMC includes measuring the...