How do you win financially in a divorce?

It depends upon what you mean by “win financially.” Man divorcing people define this term differently, and the differences are extreme.   Some people define "winning financially" as:  coming away from…

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How should the child support payment system in the U.S. be changed?

How should the child support payment system in the U.S. be changed to make it more fair?  What is unfair about child support for the child support payor (also known…

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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 38: Arb-med, part II

By Quinton Lister, legal assistant Last week I wrote a post about Arb-med and how it can benefit practitioners of law, particularly family law. In this post I will be…

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Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 36: Planning

By Quinton Lister, legal assistant  Planning is something that I have always aspired to do in my life but being a legal assistant has helped me realize that there is…

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What questions do people ask about divorce?

The FIRST questions most frequently asked of me are: “How much can I expect it to cost me in total to get a divorce?” “What is your hourly rate?” “What…

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