The martial home is often the most valuable asset to be dealt with in a divorce. Generally, one of three things can happen to the martial home as part of the divorce: it is sold on the open market, one of the spouses buys out the other spouse’s interest, or one spouse is allowed to…
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Father Abandons Family, Fails to Pay Child Support and Loses Title to Marital Residence
In a case where a husband abandoned his wife and children and failed for nine years to pay any child support, a Court ruled it was appropriate to set off the husband’s unpaid child support obligation against his interest in marital property. Since the husband failed to pay child support for nine years, his interest…
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Tarazan, a child of divorce, is depressed.
This headline caught my eye: Boy Tarzan's ma takes swing at dad in divorce. "The teenage star of Broadway's "Tarzan" was hurt so much by a bitter feud between his parents it sent him into intense therapy sessions." "But the pain of talking about the vicious sparring was too much for 13-year-old Daniel Manche,…
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Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Till divorce do us part
The gossip pages will always provide rich material for the divorce and family law blogs. This weekend was no exception. Nicole Kidman wed this weekend, but before the ceremony, she and her new husband signed a pre-nuptial agreement. A pre-nuptial agreement is a good way for parties to protect their assets prior to marriage and…
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Will Sir Paul get burned in his divorce
Paul McCartney announced recently that he was seeking a divorce from his present wife Heather Mills. The question most frequently asked, is why didn’t Paul (since we all seem to familiarly call him by his first name) have a pre-nuptial agreement. Whatever the reason he didn’t we can only speculate. Regardless, I believe that under New…
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