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September 25, 2013

A Small Town Lawyer’s Opinion on Keeping One’s Views to One’s Self.

...for herself when she needs it. In WV, a disabled parent, by default, loses custody to an able, fit, parent. 28. My seriously ill, and currently disabled, lawyer friend has spent many, many, months in the hospital and survives because his wife is a teacher. What if he had no insurance? 27. Sole practitioner lawyers pay every penny of the premium for himself, family, and staff, for their medical insurance and his disability and extended care insuran...

January 1, 2013

2013 New Year Resolutions

.... 16. We will continue 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 b...

January 30, 2012

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

...themselves and their family to do their homework. Fault, parenting rights, 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 y...

August 20, 2010

Communicating with Those You Hate, or Who Hate You

Communication Tips (For Divorcing and Conflicted Parties) Many of my custody cases, at least initially, involve significant conflicts between the parties. This conflict can show up as a difficulty communicating, a lack of trust, hostility because of past abuse, or even selfishness or immaturity. We have a number of techniques to try to overcome these problems. This information sheet is designed to provide you some “food for thought”. Remember, it...

December 18, 2010

A Reminder to People Who Have Been Injured!

...d to the fact that many people cannot afford a lawyer for their divorce or custody case by actually encouraging people NOT to hire one. I think its approach is very misguided. But, with the free forms, and so many people going through the system, family law clients have fewer misconceptions than personal injury clients. A person who has been injured, in a truck, auto, pedestrian/vehicle, or motorcycle collision, has, literally, been hit by somethi...

May 14, 2010

Mediation: Tips for Parties and Lawyers

...tals and subtotals change. It is a great tool for playing “what if”. Where custody is an issue, the “caretaking functions worksheets”, for the one and two year periods prior to separation, are critically important. The judge relies on them, and the supporting evidence, so go to mediation without them at your peril. Where alimony is at issue, the clients MUST read the alimony statutes, AND fill out a worksheet. There are 20 factors effecting alimon...

April 28, 2012

How To Testify at Trial

...mething other than what (client/you) did. l.        You should have your list of reasons why your son should be under your primary care and supervision (why client should have custody.) You must be ready to debunk the myths and false representations and accusations being made against you, WITH FACTS!...

July 14, 2015

Perspectives on the Iranian Peace Deal and Human Conflict

...he, the Nanny, said, “I saved him. He’s mine.” And, get this. a protracted custody suit ensued! If any child should have been spared such a battle, he should have been. And if any adults should have been able to collaborate, they should have. Not sure how they got little Abe back the first time, but she hired someone to kidnap him from them! Then they kidnapped him from her. And she tried to get them “outed” and arrested by reporting them to the R...

February 27, 2017

A Summing Up of Eight Years’ of Blogging

...es and 300 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...

October 7, 2011

Breaking Up With Your Personal Injury, Divorce, or Civil Lawsuit Lawyer

...alled whose lawyer had charged a $2700 retainer and two years later had no custody or child support order! She could not reach her lawyer. (See any pattern here?) The gentleman had been told by his lawyer a few weeks earlier that he was leaving the firm, and no one else in the firm would respond to his calls. There was clear fault and $80,000 in medical bills! So, I was happy to help him. When I got the file back, his former firm requested a “quan...