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March 7, 2018

2018 Update: Equitable Distribution: WV Divorce Property Law

...eck or both, whether titled in one or both names, and even if it a lottery winnings from a ticket bought from a cashed paycheck, it is marital. 2. If it was inherited by, deeded to, or gifted to the recipient only, by a friend or family member, it is separate. 3. If separate property such as cash is deposited into a joint account, or conveyed 50% by deed to the other spouse, it usually is treated as a completed gift or conveyance of half of that p...

October 26, 2014

America’s Love Hate Relationship With The Poor.

...and intellectually poor. The View of The Very Rich Alas, my estate plan of winning the $600,000,000 lottery appears doomed to failure. So, it is very hard to see the poor from this vantage point. I have the pleasure of earning decent money, and the “burden” of having to keep working because my “private retirement” underwent a severe setback a few years ago. Thus, I get to pay 42% of all net earnings to the WV State Tax Dept. and the I.R.S. I don’t...

March 27, 2013

Why Play by the Rules?

...s, Tiger Woods, and Roger Clemons of the world. Tiger’s new Nike ad says, “Winning Cures Everything.” Does it? More simply put, “Why follow the rules when the other guy is cheating (and seems to be getting away with it) ? Recently, in the State Bar Journal, WV Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum II posed the problem as follows: In the waning years of my four decades of law practice, and in the last three years reviewing appellate records, it...

June 25, 2018

Tying It All Together: Mediation, Unbundling, Collaboration, and a New Paradigm

...s Without Going To Court” by Forrest S. Mosten, “Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits” by Lainey Feingold, and the first mockup of my book, “Perspectives Of a Small Town Lawyer”, which I hope to publish before the end of the year. These 1100+ pages are a good start in understanding the challenges and opportunities these ideas provide. I am acutely aware that these three committees, other lawyers, family and circuit court judge...

December 17, 2018

Resources: For My Clients, Potential Clients, Self-Represented, and Colleagues.

...ng to Court”, also by Forrest Mosten, Esq.; and “Structured Negotiation: A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits”, by Lainey Feingold. An older book, focused on financial matters, and a bit cynical is “The Ten Biggest Mistakes Women Can Avoid: How to Protect Yourself, Your Children, and Your Assets”. A plus is you can find a 2003 version for $.35 at Amazon, plus shipping! Finally, is an important source for lawyers and litigants who are dealing with int...

April 29, 2020

A ROADMAP TO BURTON HUNTER’S IDEAS AND “WISDOM”

...6 Blog Search for “Custody”: https://tinyurl.com/yafeegdb Blog Search for “Winning Your Child Custody Case”: https://tinyurl.com/yajk4abm Blog Search for “Child Support”: https://tinyurl.com/y9t8buhl Blog Search for “Alimony”: https://tinyurl.com/ycdcwq8m Blog Search for “Allocation of Parental Rights”: https://tinyurl.com/yd9eeush Blog Search for “Children”: https://tinyurl.com/yd6krh73 Blog Search for “Adoption”: https://tinyurl.com/ya43lex9 Blo...

March 24, 2021

Ideas to Improve the “One Size Fits All WV Child Custody Bill”, HB 2364

...ions” calculations. It ain’t simple. 4. I also include my two articles on “winning” a child custody case by showing you can involve the other parent in the lives of the children. 5. IF there is gong to be a presumption in favor of 50%/50%, please leave incentive for parties to mediate and solve their differences. 6. If we established lawyers are to be kept out of the mediation pool because the “sliding scale” is so low, at least consider increasin...

September 21, 2012

Hanging Out Your Shingle – Not for the Faint of Heart

...yer has great grandma’s inheritance, the help of family, or recent lottery winnings, because the days of opening a store front with an I.B.M. Selectric typewriter are over, unless you are committed to a career of limited productivity and living off of the court appointed system until it dries up, and it is going to dry up. I say this, because in this time of fiscal drought, who wants to provide free legal help to poor crooks or juveniles? Their lo...