211 Search Results for children

June 9, 2012

A Foot in Each Camp

...one another. Often these people cannot. Divorcing parties or parties with children still have to raise those children. There are schooling decisions, discipline, medical treatment, graduations, failures, weddings, births, funerals. They have to learn NOT to ruin their children’s lives by screwing up the divorce as badly as they did the marriage. When we seek money for our PI clients, the more money the better! Everything we squeeze out of the oth...

September 8, 2012

Mediation: Practical Considerations

...ies can see she/he is sincerely interested in helping each side, and their children if their are children’s issues. c. TWO GOOD LAWYERS. This is a tough one. Lawyers come in all forms too, but there are adversarial lawyers, lawyers with no sense of humor, lawyers lacking experience, lawyers without imagination, lawyers who have not bothered how to learn to negotiate themselves out of a paper bag, and lawyers who make a deal and then try to wheedle...

October 26, 2014

America’s Love Hate Relationship With The Poor.

...say require recipients to learn about nutrition. Make sure they feed their children properly, and make sure they are attending to those children’s dental and nutritional needs. 4. Find work the Social Security Disability, the SSI, and the Taniff and Food Stamp Recipients can do? Absolutely, for the number of ours, and the conditions they can tolerate. It least required a commitment to “community service”. Can they volunteer at their church? Requir...

December 23, 2008

My First Post December 23, 2008

...ice light has been the first to come on in Buckhannon most mornings. Drive by before 7:00 a.m. and you can see it. (Feb. 4, 2012. This shameless self promotion remains essentially true. Every lawyer has a personal life, and I treasure mine. My wife of 43 years, four children, four grandchildren, three daughters in law, family, and friends, great staff, and good health make up the foundation that permits me to protects my clients’ and their familie...

May 3, 2010

Ten Dire Results of “Representing Yourself”. (Things that have happened.)

...“overnight time” per year, your spouse may be able to move away with your children! Or, you may not be able to take the children with you if you need to move to another state! Think about that. 4. You may think you will receive your share of the sale of the family residence, after the children turn 18, only to find out your spouse owns it! (And, don’t think you will just order the cd of the hearing. They throw those things away after five years!)...

January 25, 2021

Burton Hunter and YouTube

...a book”. Truth be known, I am enjoying telling these stories. I hope your children and grandchildren will enjoy them. What is the relevance that justifies posting this to my lawyer’s blog? It is simple. View and read some of them, and you can get a feel for my competence, my heart, my standards, and my commitment to serve and to promote honesty and honor. I find that educating and training my clients usually creates a team that produces good resu...

February 8, 2012

What Can a Lawyer Learn On The Road?

...re doing the same. Is some of it frivilous? Of course, but seeing our grandchildren, keeping track of our children, maintaining contacts with so many are worthwhile activities. I just miss the good friends who are not so connected. Seems as if we do not interact as much as before. If tonight a potential client writes me a note from my website portal, www.hunterlawfirm.net , I can answer his/her question and refer her/him to my staff for a follow u...

July 30, 2012

...companion and mother to our children, and four handsome, mature, competent children, four perfect grandchildren, and three lovely daughters in law. My wife comes from a wonderful family. I have maintained friendships from kindergarten to date, and several really good, supportive friends are there when I need them. (Almost forgot; I am exceptionally good looking, which really helps.) R.E.B. Why should anyone choose you over your competitors — what...

August 20, 2012

Domestic Violence and Family Court

...rce many other counties do not have. And, if the family court appoints the children a lawyer, the parents, or the one who brings home a pay check, has to pay for that lawyer. She/he is called a “guardian ad litem”. The assumption in juvenile court abuse and neglect is that almost everyone abuses. The assumption in family court is usually parents are fit. The assumption in DV court, presided over by the family court is if you have certain things su...

January 22, 2016

An Article to Bookmark: Until Your World Comes Crashing Down

...f, and you decide to entrust your claim(s), yours, your spouse’s, and your children, to us, we are off and running: We have you sign a contingent fee agreement, 20% for clear fault settled out of court, 25% if liability is contested but still settled out of court, 1/3 (33 1/3 %) if suit filed, and occasionally 40% (but these are usually the medical negligence or industrial accident cases). We order a police collision report. We order your medical...