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October 11, 2018

The War Between Women and Men

...ears looking at the divorce process, and related matters such as contempt, modification, enforcement, and custody, solely from the man’s perspective. 3. Sherry, in advocating to her clients that they inflict (metaphorically I hope) painful blows on the father of their child and or the man they planned to “love and honor” for a lifetime, stirs up rather than damps down hostility. 4. I have been solemnly told by clients of each gender that they have...

September 25, 2018

A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #1

...s there is also before her a related family law case, divorce, allocation, modification, or contempt. Here I make the case that she can enter the order even where the litigants are not married, never have been, and have no children together. On Dec. 13, 2014, I posted, “The Supreme Court Rules People May Not Agree to Leave Each Other Alone”. https://hunterlawfirm.net/wv-supreme-court-rules-people-may-not-agree-to-leave-each-other-alone/ In it, I d...

December 1, 2017

Family Court Mediation Streamlined – Some Ideas

...revision. Our system sets up Litigants in divorce, custody, contempt, and modification cases as “adversaries”. These cases are often highly charged with emotion, are emotionally and financially draining, and they can drag on for over a year! At the end, the parties often truly detest one another, and their children have suffered, only to have a court issue a ruling that isn’t tailored to the parties’ needs and may be something both sides dislike....

February 27, 2017

A Summing Up of Eight Years’ of Blogging

...0 blog articles on many subjects, marketing, family law, divorce, custody, modification, personal injury law, how a personal injury claim is processed, how I run my office, my thoughts on professionalism and collegiality, myriad insurance issues, bad faith, “deliberate intent” industrial injury law, alternate dispute resolution, e.g. mediation, arbitration, ethics, civil disputes and litigation, religion, politics, philosophy, and history. If I co...

July 23, 2017

So You Have Your (Child Custody) Agreement: Now What?

...plan or court order. Please be sure your attorney gave you copies of the “modification statutes”, which have very specific requirements. https://hunterlawfirm.net/how-can-i-get-my-childrens-parenting-plan-modified/ . With a difficult person, always communicate in writing, by text, or email, and in certain situations “snail mail”. Save those communications. Do not ever let any of them disappear into the ether. Even irrelevant things, if missing, w...

March 15, 2014

Domestic Violence

...r if there are disputes over custody, I can help you file for divorce or a modification of custody, for example. I can help the alleged abuser get into a substance abuse or anger management program. Call Toll Free 304-472-7477 Use the domestic violence hearing and initial meeting as a launching pad to move toward a long-term solution that will stop the violence. To learn more about how an experienced lawyer can help, please contact my law office i...

March 6, 2011

Rehabilitative Spousal Support – The WV Statute

...whether a substantial change of circumstances exists which would warrant a modification of a rehabilitative spousal support award, the court may consider a reassessment of the dependent spouse’s potential work skills and the availability of a relevant job market, the dependent spouse’s age, health and skills, the dependent spouse’s ability or inability to meet the terms of the rehabilitative plan and other relevant factors as provided for in secti...

January 1, 2013

2013 New Year Resolutions

...nue to offer full services to our family law, adoption, custody, contempt, modification, grandparent rights, civil law, and mediation areas of practice. 17. Although we settled several excellent cases at the end of the year, we have challenges of some that may go to trial. Their outcome with definitely impact or success and “bottom line” for the year 2013. As I approach “retirement age”, I will not be retiring, SO it must be a balance of health, f...

July 27, 2014

My Areas of Legal and Geographical Practice

...ding retirement assets and real estate. e. Alimony and Spousal support; f. Modification of Court Orders. g. Relocation disputes, to other counties, states, and countries; and h. Contempt matters. 4. Mediation. I represent parties in mediation involving any of the areas listed above, and I will conduct mediation as a court trained and certified mediator in any of these areas. I love to mediate disputes. We do not do workers compensation, unemployme...

May 11, 2013

Burton Hunter’s Letter to New Clients

...and do the research will pay big dividends. e. All family cases, divorces, modifications, custody, child support, and contempt usually require your last 3-5 years of tax returns and financial affidavits of your income, debts and property. f. All cases require you to identify with precision the people, documents (paper and digital and video), events, places, and things that make up your case. i. We will give you sets of three worksheets. I MUST fig...