Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2010
This story on the UK site, www.telegraph.co.uk, is about a judge’s order that millionaire aristocrat Erik Robson sell his family estate in order to generate the 8 million pound lump sum payment that Robson owes his wife, Chloe Robson, as part of their divorce settlement.
The “family home” of Mr. Robson is a hall built in [...]
What happens when lawyers divorce?
Well, if you’re this lawyer, you laugh in the court, call your wife’s request for spousal support a “joke”, call opposing counsel “a moron” and then find yourself found in criminal contempt of court.
Edward Weltman did apologize and the results fall into the good news/bad news realm: The good news is [...]
This story on Austin, TX’s “News8Austin.com” site is some good news about Collaborative Law getting some coverage.
Collaborative Law is a process where the parties to a case, which is often a divorce case but doesn’t have to be, decide to commit to resolving the case outside of court. That commitment is documented in the “Collaborative [...]
Posted in Child Support, Divorce, Domestic Violence on Mar 4th, 2010
Today’s big divorce news is that Allen Iverson’s wife filed for divorce.
This story gives the rundown: Iverson and his high school sweetheart (Tawanna) married about 9 years ago. They have five children, the oldest of which is 15, and so there are parenting and child support issues. There are homes to allocate and Tawanna has [...]
Posted in Divorce, Domestic Partnership on Mar 4th, 2010
This story cites newer studies, the results of which are that living together before marriage doesn’t necessarily increase the risk of divorce. The old news was that having lived together before marriage meant that a couple was more likely to split up.
The take home lesson? “It’s couples who give into the urge to merge households [...]