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February 14, 2016

The Maze of WV Child Custody Issues – Just Dropping Crumbs Won’t Get You Out

...ily courts hear almost all divorces, including parenting issues, equitable distribution of assets and debts, children’s issues, non-domestic violence restraining orders, alimony, and attorney’s fees. When parties negotiate successfully, family court approves parenting plan agreements and property settlement agreements. I discuss “non-domestic violence” restraining orders in previous blog articles. One is “Senate Bill 430: The Bill No One Heard of”...

December 24, 2021

A Curmudgeon Family Lawyer’s View of Parenting

...with firm, loving, discipline. Note; With our corrupt food production and distribution system, this is a huge problem for parents, especially the working-class dads who rely primarily on fast-food to feed their children, a form of child neglect and abuse. Understanding nutrition, diet, and the dangers of “The American Diet” is a time-consuming, difficult, process. Most of us just give in. These services and devotions are supposed to be “a given”,...

February 24, 2010

Websites, Blogs, Practice Areas, Lawyers Who Fail to Communicate

...child custody, contempt, alimony, division of property, called “equitable distribution”, domestic abuse, grandparents’ custody claims, and adoption; and, civil litigation such as will disputes, boundary line disputes, contract disputes, mineral and timber trespass. “Slip and Fall” is a shorthand term for “premises liability”. What if you go to the store and a 20 lb. box falls from above and gives you a concussion, affecting your ability to work....

February 19, 2021

Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive

...up were not properly informed or educated about West Virginia’s “equitable distribution” and “alimony” statutes. Knowledge of that law can effectively protect both parties. Since I know that the disadvantaged party, under current case law, needs to consult a lawyer before signing a prenup and since I know the parties MUST prepare itemized financial disclosures, NO ONE yet has been willing to pay me for the work needed properly to complete a prenup...

March 24, 2010

The Nuts and Bolts of Family Court

..., trial, and mediation practice, I will today follow up on my Monday, March 22, 2010 post. (Note: As I edit this on Feb. 9, 2012, I cannot figure out where all the lighlight red come from, or how to make it go away. The content remains usefull for anyone contemplating or being sued for divorce, in Wv. If you are in another state, be sure consult a lawyer in your state. J.B.H.) This is not my effort to help you “do-it-yourself”. In my opinion, “do...

April 29, 2020

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

...king” by a parent: https://tinyurl.com/y79dqr74 Blog Search for “Equitable Distribution”: https://tinyurl.com/ybm56acr Blog Search for “Retirement Benefits”: https://tinyurl.com/yd6h5xnt Blog Search for “Modification of Family Court Order”: https://tinyurl.com/ydagxcuc   CIVIL SUITS, PREVENTIVE LAW, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, NEGOTIATION, MEDIATION, AND OTHER Blog Search for “Civil Action”: https://tinyurl.com/y7rw8yb7 Blog Search for “Right of Way”: htt...

January 27, 2020

Mediation: Slipping Away?

...mediate what they call “children’s issue”. But, sadly, most do not see the distribution of assets and debts, or the issue of alimony, as “children’s issues” so they don’t think they can order it. You tell me why the question of who gets the house or the safer car are not “children’s issues.”? I say if you are going to mediation, mediate and settle it all. My book (paperback and Kindle on Amazon.com) “Perspectives of a Small Town Lawyer” has a larg...

March 26, 2018

My “Law Coach” or My Lawyer?

...egotiate a divorce settlement. We have informational articles on equitable distribution, alimony, custody, retirement benefits, essential insurance coverages, a “legal check-up”, mediation, and myriad other topics. So, if you can’t hire a lawyer, consider paying “a law coach” for a good, but more narrowly defined, product. It’s certain to be better than “Zegal Zoom” or “AVVO”. Self-Represented Mediation While no lawyer can represent both sides, a...

October 5, 2011

Divorce 101 Handout (October 5, 2011)

...ent divides and assigns marital debt and property. WV, being “an equitable distribution state”, assumes 50%/50% ownership of the marital assets and debts. 15. An agreed parenting plan, or a court ordered parenting plan, followed by an order incorporating that plan into the court’s final decision covers: a. Parenting time, overnight, day time, holidays, and vacations time; b. Decision making; major non-emergency decisions, emergency decisions, and...

March 7, 2018

2018: Mediation Tips Revised

...other side turn it into a cash demand for “equalization” of the equitable distribution. That means that even though the parties did not agree what the family residence was worth, how much of the equity one of the parties had a claim to, and what the reconstructed vintage automobile was worth, we had reduced the dispute to one issue, money. When we got to two numbers that were close enough that it would cost the parties more to litigate the issue...