Posts Tagged ‘collaborative divorce’
What do you want to focus on in your divorce process?
What is the focus and background of divorce litigation? How dare you betray me? I will show you. You are wrong and I am right. You are not going to screw me. You have no right. You owe me. Why? It is all about domination and avoiding domination. Emotions feed the actions and reactions and…
Read MoreIt Is Not Divorce Itself That Causes Pain and Suffering
It is the story a person has about the divorce that causes the experience of divorce. Typical divorce stories: I am unloved, used goods, a failure, alone. A divorce story can be: I am free I can focus on myself and how I want to grow My life is mine A new journey yes Nothing…
Read MoreHow is the attorney fees issue generally handled in court?
In order for the parties to have a level playing field, the law requires that the court order a spouse who has access to more money to pay reasonable attorney fees of the other. This could be disparity of income meaning one spouse makes more money than the other or it could be that one…
Read MoreIf your spouse paid his/her student loans during the marriage from either of your income, can you ask for reimbursement?
When a spouse pays off student loans for education attained before the marriage with funds from salary earned during the marriage, then the court has to grant reimbursement to the community; meaning that the spouse has to reimburse the other for one half of what he/she paid off during the marriage according to the following case: In re Marriage of Mullonkal…
Read MoreThere is No Cheese at the End of that (litigation) Tunnel
A Story of What happens in Court when one parent wants to move away In May 2013, the court entered a judgment dissolving the parties’ marriage. As part of their divorce agreement, they had joint legal custody. Joint Legal custody means that they must agree on the important decisions of the child together such as…
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