It has always been my impression that the US Supreme Court does not hear many cases involving traditional family law matters (divorce, custody, support, adoption). I am not saying there are never cases that work their way up to the highest Court of the land; however, then tend to be few and far between.
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Abby has a point…
In a recent “Dear Abby” post, the inquirer noted that her former son-in-law thinks it is “offensive” that the maternal grandmother charges $10 per day plus $10 per week for gas to babysit her grandchildren. As Abby points out, if the grandmother did not provide the low cost child care ($60 per week), the…
Wait! What do you mean they are still married?
It was recently reported on the People.com website that Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are still married despite having signed “divorce papers” in July 2015 and having filed for divorce in 2013. What may be crossing your mind is “What is taking it so long?” or “Aren’t they divorced once they signed the papers?”.…
Legally Separate, Get Divorced, or Annul a Marriage
With the clarification that LGBT couples have the legal right to marry in many states and to have the marriages entered into in other states legally recognized, same sex couples have been marrying. For some couples, the legal recognition of their marriage means they have the legal right to get divorced. One such couple, WNBA…
Why Wait So Long?
It was reported on People.com that actor Ed Asner has filed for divorce from his wife Cindy although they have been separated for 8 years. The media, presumably People’s readership, and anyone else who is curious, was wondering why he would file for divorce after they have been separated for so long and, conversely, why…
Flipping a Chef’s Prenup
According to this article, as part of her pending divorce action with chef Bobby Flay, actress Jennifer March, intends to challenge the prenuptial agreement which could otherwise limit what either March or Flay would be entitled to receive incident to a divorce or the death of a party. Through a prenuptial agreement, parties decide…
Khloe’s Divorce to be Dismissed?
It is old news that Khloe Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband Lamar Odom back in 2013. According to this article, however, there is a possibility that her divorce action could be dismissed by the Court in Los Angeles. It would appear from this article, that under California law, a party has an affirmative duty…
Truly Special Service
In most divorce cases, a party is served with the divorce complaint by mail or through personal service. As reported in this article, a NY judge allowed a person to be served with notice of a divorce action via Facebook. Anyone having difficulty serving a divorce complaint on the other side should not…
Looking at Divorce with Big Eyes
Although I have not yet seen the movie Big Eyes, I am familiar with the premise of the movie. This movie tells the story of the relationship between Margaret Keane and her second husband, Walter Keane. Ms. Keane is known for her paintings (usually of children) with very large eyes. This “based on a true…
A New Day is Dawning
I remember back when I was first starting to practice law. At that time, there were three possible locations for a family law matter in Philadelphia: some matters were in City Hall, some were at 1801 Vine Street, and other matters were at 1600 Walnut Street. At some point in the 1990’s, Family Court was…