57 Search Results for Alimony

April 29, 2020

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

...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 Blog Search for “Contempt of Court”: https://tinyurl.com/yasngf3u Blog Search for “The Family Law Restraining Order Bill”: https://hunterlawfirm....

January 30, 2012

Your Legal Checkup and Review; “An Ounce of Prevention”

...custody, visitation, decision making, property division, debt allocation, alimony, and division of retirement benefits. These are all issues where you can get answers. 13. There are so many other aspects of your legal life. The neighbor who keeps damaging your driveway. The neighbor who seems to think he owns your side of the fence. The relatively minor auto accident that you have been meaning to get settled. The friend who has not paid you back,...

May 23, 2018

YOU HAVE YOUR COURT APPROVED PROPERTY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT: NOW WHAT?

...o do it knows exactly what she is doing! Think about it. 13. Then there is ALIMONY. Is it modifiable, or fixed? If modifiable, be alert to substantial and material changes such as an employment layoff, a big pay raise, a lottery win, or remarriage. 14. If fixed, but you just can’t pay, all may not be lost. Call your lawyer, or, even better, call me! 15. Do not forget that award of attorney fees. If you are going to refrain from filing a contempt p...

May 17, 2022

A “SUMMING” LETTER TO A YOUNGER COLLEAGUE

...get many “hits”; also terms specific to a practice area, “child custody”, “alimony”, “car wreck”, “personal injury” or “medical malpractice”.   Getting a client to collect and organize information is a challenge, especially when emotions are high. “Digging down” is a manual or paper adaptation of the CaseMap case management system, now (in my opinion) overpriced and owned by Lexis/Nexis. The suite includes several useful modules including a timeli...

March 26, 2018

My “Law Coach” or My Lawyer?

...orce 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 trained and ex...

February 14, 2016

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

...ts 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”, http://wp.me/p4utce-tH . The other is “WV Families Dodge a Metaphorical Bullet”, http://wp.me...

February 5, 2021

Divorce: Gathering the Critical Details of Marital Assets and Debts

...ts of their marriage. Family Law Practice Tip – Equitable Distribution and Alimony Spreadsheets – Attorney J. Burton Hunter III : Attorney J. Burton Hunter III (hunterlawfirm.net) It includes an offer to share the Excel Workbook for our “Financial Information Intake Spreadsheet” and our “Proposed Equitable Distribution Spreadsheet”. A colleague from Spokane Wa. requested the workbook, and I was happy to comply That prompted me to review, revise, a...

March 15, 2014

Divorce

...will guide you through all of the issues that arise in divorce, including alimony (called spousal maintenance in West Virginia) and division of marital assets and debts. Free Lawyer Consultation If you have questions about divorce, contact me at any time for a free initial consultation. I am usually in my office near the courthouse in Buckhannon before 7 a.m. on weekdays. After hours and weekend appointments are available. Before 8:00 a.m., just...

July 7, 2010

So, You Think A Divorce May Be In Your Future?

...find temporary housing? 10. Assuming it takes several weeks for a support (alimony and/or child support) order, how are you going to handle your basic needs and keep the family finances in order. I have a lot of answers to these questions, but you need to hire me and give me the facts I need to work with. That’s enough for now. I hope you do not need a divorce lawyer, but if you do, remember the tips above and CALL ME! J. Burton Hunter III, Esq. O...

February 15, 2018

An Example of Unbundling of Legal Services

...nd debts”. Here it is: https://wp.me/p4utce-4k Provided him a copy of WV’s Alimony Statute. Gave him my handouts “Divorce 101”: https://wp.me/p4utce-4Q Ghost wrote his Answer to Divorce Petition, his counter-petition, his motion for temporary relief, his financial affidavit, his Bureau of Child Support mandatory application, affidavits of verification, and envelopes to take the original to the circuit clerk (signed only by him), his wife’s lawyer,...