You need to hire a divorce attorney but you don’t have a clue what you should be looking for in an attorney. Before you go out and hire the first one that answers the phone, take a moment and consider what experience you need in an attorney. That experience will help you choose the attorney that will benefit you the most. Take a look at some issues that may require additional experience.…
Read More »If your child was injured, abused, or killed by your domestic partner or spouse, and you could face criminal charges for failure to protect the child. There are three things you must do to extricate yourself, if possible. 1. Understand the seriousness of the charges and resulting consequences so that you will have motivation to fight them. In many states the laws the failure to protect laws are couched in terms such as “…
Read More »If you hired a divorce lawyer to speak on your behalf in court, you want to keep him or her close. You do not want to be separated from your lawyer at a critical time. To avoid being separated from your lawyer, here are three legal decisions you should not make unless you have no other choice. Entering Into Mediation Agreeing with the decision to enter into mediation with your spouse means you will open yourself up to whatever nasty things your ex has to say and you may still get nowhere.…
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