What Does “Family Law” Really Mean?
As attorneys we often take for granted the fact that certain legal issues are referred to under all encompassing umbrella terms that may not be immediately apparent. For example, Estate Planning uses various tools such as wills and trusts, and the estate may ultimately pass through the Probate Court system. This is entirely separate from the probation or [...]
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Structuring Your Domestic Partnership
Because of the way marriage laws are currently structured, domestic partnerships or civil unions (the typical stand in for gay marriage) are not granted the same legal status as marriage. This means that the every day legal issues that married couples confront may apply differently or require a greater investment to ensure equal application to [...]
I have posted before about how text messages and other types of electronic information can be used against spouses in divorce cases, but this article discusses the potential downsides of such “Cyber Snooping.” The article details the probably more common types of snooping, such as spyware, and other software, that are installed in order to capture [...]
Text Messages Increasingly Used as Evidence in Divorce Cases
I thought this article discussing the advent of smartphones, and their influence on divorces, was interesting. What I gleaned from the text, no pun intended, was the notion that the increasing amount of written communication creates an increasingly tangible trail. Thus, spouses searching for evidence of infidelity, or even perhaps confirmation of other suspicions or [...]
Legal Practice Area Spotlight: Divorce
LawInfo.com Free Divorce Legal Resources Eventhough it has been in the news lately, just like many, if not all areas of the law, divorce is not a pleasant topic to think about. However, once you have decided that divorce is in your future, you may want to learn more about what the process will involve. [...]
