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August 10, 2022

What Don’t I Know? How Can I Find it?

...iving will Obesity Religiosity 4-H Club and Ohio County Collegiality Ethics Unbundled (legal services) Limited Scope Representation Divorce Right of way Promissory estoppel Boundary Line Child Custody Contempt Modification Mediation Alternate Dispute Resolution Alimony Equitable Distribution Legal Separation Estates Elder Abuse WV “Conservator” or “Guardianship” Legal disability Adoption child neglect Assault Battery Appeals Magistrate Family Cour...

February 14, 2016

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

...guy!” Family 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...

February 19, 2021

Family Law in WV: A Deep Dive

...ave a prenup 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 complet...

April 5, 2011

Dear Honorable (Family Court) Judges

...exhibits and witnesses, with a summary of expected testimony and proposed equitable distribution spreadsheet; l. I am used to family courts requiring all of these things. I cannot see how your attorneys can avoid “trial by ambush”. If they do not have this information well in advance of trial, how can they mediate successfully “in the dark? Sorry, I should have asked you on Friday. m. I heard much more about “children’s issues” during your semina...

April 29, 2020

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

...ecision Making” 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...

July 30, 2013

Keys to a Successful Mediation

...gested the 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...

March 26, 2018

My “Law Coach” or My Lawyer?

...d how to negotiate 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...

April 8, 2018

Brand New WV Custody and Alimony Law

...1, and 48-9-205 and 48-9-206. Things I notice immediately: I do not see “inequitable conduct” as a ground for increasing or decreasing the amount of alimony. There are 18 other factors which seem to be the old ones, length of marriage, incomes of the parties, health of the parties, age of the parties, etc. But, Para. 20 allows the court to consider, “..any other factors the court determines necessary or appropriate to consider in order to arrive a...

October 5, 2011

Divorce 101 Handout (October 5, 2011)

...ent agreement 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 decis...

February 15, 2018

An Example of Unbundling of Legal Services

.../her benefit checks in the event of a divorce. Provided him my article on “equitable distribution of property and 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...