The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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Most business lawyers and owners understand the uses and benefits (mostly) of utilizing a business structure for a family-owned business (or any other business). When properly formed and maintained, such a structure does have many beneficial things; and it has tax benefits and apportions liability between individuals (spouses) and the entity and allows insuring risk and apportioning liability by contract.…
At , we observe in present day, particularly post-9/11, our Society has traded privacy for safety and security. This is self-evident in full, detailed body scans utilized at some international airports.This is not good or bad, but a reflection of need and/or social policy of the day. In addition, technology, ever less expensive and more effective, has also played a…
Although it seldom happens, there are divorce litigants who are arbitrarily held up by Indiana’s current sixty day waiting period for its residents who file divorce actions. Stated differently, if there is no acrimony and no legal issue or contested issues, parties must still wait for sixty days before an Indiana trial court can issue a divorce decree. This waiting…
On the whole, most litigants, attorneys and judges would agree that divorce is not a good thing or a pleasant process. Yet, it is a reality for one in every two marriages. However, there are a number of legal concepts, such as no-fault divorce to binding arbitration, which globally seek to minimize the emotional and financial impact, as well as…
“I know grass grows on it! Is this what my lawyer means by our ‘Marital Property’ in Divorce?” For readers of our blog posts, you probably have a pretty good idea that divorce law has a lot of flexibility and ambiguity–and suspect this is a trick question. You are right. The answer is clearly “Yes”, but also and equally “No”.…
At , we frequently observe two (2) major (assets) in a marriage that have been fertile battleground for litigants: the marital home and pension and retirement plan. In most places around the United States, these are not as valuable as they once were. About everyone knows individual homes to commercial real estate have lost value and are only now stabilizing…
At , we observe the failure and dissolution of a marriage, particularly those with younger children, is as much an emotional life event as a legal matter. Both parents deeply love their children, and want a post-divorce lifestyle to maximize time with the children and quality of life. This usually creates significant emotional stressors, which translates into the litigation in…
At , we observe three (3) fundamental misunderstandings many divorce litigants share about trials. Understanding these myths or exceptions should empower you to anticipate them and not get misguided and more frustrated than you already may be about a divorce. We hope this helps you in some small way as you educate yourself about divorce. You Probably Won’t Get a…
Every attorney-client relationship and case share similarities. With divorce, this is no less the case. However, attorneys observe divorces are often based on or laced with non-legal matters, such as the sense of loss of the marriage and fear of an unknown future. Or pure rage. Attorneys are all over the board on how they handle non-legal matters. Some, as…
Most attorneys, along with individuals who work within the legal system, take the legal “jargon” or terms given to the most common documents filed in courts in connection with divorces for granted. advocates believe understanding these basics aid in understanding the more complicated legal concepts contained within those filings. In this blog post, we cover the five (5) most common…