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A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #2
Collaborative Law: Is It Enough, Or Must We Have More? The following post, in draft form, was the second half of my last post, “Conundrum…..#1”. That post discusses the “The “Family Court Jurisdiction To Restrict Contact Between Parties Act”, WV Code Sec. 51-2A-2a. Since that statute is only a small part of the solution, I… View Article
A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? #1
A CONUNDRUM FOR FAMILY COURTS: WHAT TOOL FOR WHAT PROBLEMS? # 1 ( A discussion of some tools that can protect WV litigants and children, streamline justice, improve access to justice, and help WV small firm lawyers survive in a challenging economic and social climate.) Today I am ending a hiatus in serious blogging. The… View Article
On Blogging, and my New Book 2018
As I prepare to self publish my first book, I share with you the table of contents to my nine years of blogging. My first year I did one blog post! Since then I have written 1300 pages and 370 articles. Now I have extracted and edited approximately 70 of those articles into a book,… View Article
Tying It All Together: Mediation, Unbundling, Collaboration, and a New Paradigm
What I hoped to simplify is getting more complicated. I am doing research so I can report to the readers of my blog, to fellow members in the West Virginia State Bar Family Law Committee, fellow members of the WV State Bar BOG Family Law Mediation Subcommittee to the BOG ADR Committee, and to fellow… View Article
WV’s Child Custody Relocation Statute: A Critical Issue for Parents and Children
I met with a new client recently because she had encountered an obstacle to her plan to relocate the parents’ two-year-old child several states away. The father had objected to the mother’s notice of relocation. I was surprised when she said that my blog had only an oblique reference to “relocation of a child”. So,… View Article
Anthony Bourdain, Suicide, and The Meaning of It All
“Bourdain”: My title to a FB post; I said to a good Facebook friend, “Thanks for getting an interesting discussion going on FB about this man’s tragic suicide. I am not competing, but I would like to address the question raised by the talking heads, who are going through all the predictable motions, with predictable… View Article
Low Tech Solutions for the Tech Savvy Lawyer
My web designer/graphic artist Dan was kind enough to add this feature to allow me to upload a PDF. Here it is, a detailed outline of my suggestions for underpinning, and beginning to move, your small firm into the 21st Century. Feedback and questions are always appreciated. One update to this post: I lament here… View Article