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Look Ahead with Lois Liberman: A Women’s Salon Series - Blank Rome partner Lois J. Liberman’s Look Ahead salons are designed to address the very personal and pivotal issues that concern women who are divorced and...more
Recently in the news, there has been talk of eliminating no-fault divorces. Attorneys are concerned this will lead to lengthy divorces, unnecessary court involvement, and costly expenses. Often clients will call and ask for a...more
While it is standard practice that an asset will be valued and divided in a divorce, what happens when the same asset that was divided between spouses is also used to generate income for support? In such divorce cases, a...more
Divorce, while a legal process shaped by state statute, is an emotional journey fraught with challenges. What leads up to a separation is often traumatizing to mental (and sometimes physical) health, but the divorce process...more
DC has long been a no-fault jurisdiction when it comes to divorce and legal separation. However, both required a period of separation – until now....more
Divorce is rarely, if ever, a happy process. The fundamental disagreements that lead a spouse to file for divorce may create chronic distrust and animosity. The additional conflicts spawned during a lengthy pretrial process...more
I get a number of questions about uncontested divorces in my family law practice in North Carolina. I find that many times, people have an incorrect or incomplete understanding of what uncontested divorce means and how it is...more
A divorce or family law trial can be a stressful experience for individuals going through it. Knowing that their fate is in the hands of one family law judge can be a sobering experience....more
An engagement ring can be a powerful symbol of love and affection—but that sparkly rock can also empty out your bank account in a hurry. So, if your generous gift doesn’t precede a trip down the aisle or a lifelong marriage,...more
Mental health issues during a divorce are unfortunately common. Untreated mental illness may be the cause of the divorce, or the stress of the divorce process may exacerbate a previously undiagnosed or inadequately managed...more
It will be much simpler to get divorced in Maryland starting this October. Maryland couples will be able to divorce without a physical separation (i.e. needing to reside in separate households) or waiting period thanks to...more
What does and does not qualify as “cheating” is, apparently, debatable, as evidenced by the recent pop culture/social media scandals (think Adam Levine, Behati Prinsloo, and Sumner Stroh). However, in the divorce...more
Join Weber Gallagher’s Family Law attorneys for an interactive discussion concerning LGBTQIA+ family law issues and important steps you need to take in a post-Dobbs era. Our attorneys, Carolyn Mirabile, Lawrence “Skip”...more
This article focuses on the income approach to determining the marital standard of living (MSOL), with particular emphasis on Marriage of Cheriton (2001) 92 Cal.App.4th 269 and Marriage of Ackerman (2006) 146 Cal.App.4th 191....more
Success is not a single achievement, it is a series of continued improvements. When going through a divorce, you may want to turn your fate over to your attorney and courts and hope for the best. However, you play a unique...more
Another uneventful election year is in the books. Well, almost uneventful . . . In reality, it was (is?) as contentious a political battle as we have seen in a very long time. In many ways, the nation’s political divide is...more
Parental alienation cases are some of the most challenging kinds of child custody matters. In a parental alienation case, the children do not want anything to do with one of their parents for illogical reasons. Parental...more