3 Legal Issues that May Arise from Parental Relocation
Parental relocation happens when a parent moves away following a divorce. A parent may move away for many reasons, including a new job or family commitment. This common issue can further complicate the divorce process or make it necessary to revisit certain agreements such as child custody, child support or spousal support. Child Custody A […]
Five Ways Social Media Could Affect Your Child Custody Case
We have written prior blogs on how social media could affect your criminal or divorce case. However, more can be said about how an errant social media post could affect certain aspects of your divorce. You could hurt the outcome of child custody proceedings if you are not careful. Common social media mistakes that may […]
Is Divorce the Right Choice?
Deciding whether to file for divorce can be one of the most difficult decisions you have ever faced. However, it is a choice that millions of people in the US will ultimately make. The American Psychological Association (APA) estimates that 40 to 50 percent of marriages in the US end in divorce. While each case […]
What Are Common Social Media Mistakes During Divorce?
Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Snapchat are used by billions of people around the world. Chances are, you use one of these websites multiple times per day. However, what you say on social media websites could be permanently etched into the internet forever. You may not be able to take back […]
Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa Finalize Divorce
Rapper Wiz Khalifa and former exotic dancer Amber Rose finalized their divorce earlier this month. The couple was married for 14 months and has a three-year-old child, Sebastian. The divorce was intense, and in the early stages of the custody battle over Sebastian both parents claimed that the other was unfit for care. The custody […]
Frozen embryos ordered destroyed in California divorce case
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo, in the first ruling of its kind in California, has ruled that the frozen embryos that 46-year-old Dr. Mimi Lee wants to use to have a baby must be destroyed in compliance with the original agreement and the objections made by her ex-husband, Stephen Findley. According to the […]
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas to divorce after 18 years
Fifty-six-year-old Golden Globe winner for Working Girl, Melanie Griffith, filed a petition on June 6 in a Los Angeles court to divorce her husband of 18 years, 53-year-old Spanish actor, producer, singer, and dancer Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas, The Associated Press reported. Griffith and Banderas tied the knot in 1996 and have a 17-year-old daughter together. […]
Singer Frankie Valli triumphs in CA Supreme Court divorce feud
The California Supreme Court unanimously reversed an appeals court decision on May 15, deciding that 80-year-old Four Seasons singer Frankie Valli’s ex-wife Randy would not be eligible for the full amount of a life insurance policy taken out by Valli, San Jose Mercury News reported. In the ruling penned by Justice Joyce Kennard, it was expressly stated that the […]
How marriage can affect your taxes
A recent marriage or divorce can affect the process of filing taxes. Remember the following tips when filing your taxes this season. To determine whether you should indicate “single” or “married” when recording your status in your tax return, determine what your civil status was on December 31, the last day of the tax year. […]
Divorced Jewish woman unable to remarry
Though Lonna Kin has been divorced under California state law for 7 years, she remains married to her first husband under Jewish law. Kin’s husband has recently remarried because of a loophole in Jewish marriage doctrine. The same loophole is not available to Lonna. Lonna will only able to remarry if her husband grants her […]