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Divorce Marital Settlement Agreements Child Custody

Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.
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Yes, Parties Can Agree to Waive the Change of Circumstances Standard

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Typically, in order to modify support or custody/parenting time provisions in an agreement or judgment/order, the party seeking a modification must show a substantial and continuing change of circumstances. Given the goal of...more

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I Guess Going From 50-50 to No Overnights for 19 Months Is a Change of Circumstances

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Since the Child Support Guidelines were amended in the late 90s, the number of overnights with each parent factored in to the child support calculus for cases within the Guidelines. In general, the more overnights meant less...more

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Changes in Parenting Responsibilities Can Be a Change of Circumstances to Increase Alimony

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Alimony is generally modifiable if a substantial and continuing change of circumstances can be shown. Typically, when we think about changes of circumstances in this regard, we generally look at financial changes of...more

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How long does a collaborative divorce take?

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Many are interested in the concept of a collaborative divorce. But an initial question many have is how long a collaborative divorce will take. “Can a collaborative divorce be done in weeks or months, or will it take...more

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Top 10 Posts of 2022

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The end of the year is the time for holiday merriment and top 10 lists. As a kid, I used to love to listen to Casey Kasem’s countdown of the top songs of the year. So I decided to do a top 10 list related to posts on this...more

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The Price of Peace

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The Price of Peace: a concept that arises in nearly every divorce matter, but you will likely never read about in any legal treatise on divorce law. You commonly hear about transactional costs (I.e. legal fees) and the cost...more

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