The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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As noted in other blogs by , as the dynamics of a family shift, so do the legal issues facing the family. Often, child care and financial support is given by grandparents or other family members if the biological parents are either unable or unwilling to raise their children. Biological parents may place the responsibility in the hands of others…
An observation attorneys make is the nature, scope and complexity of facts that arise in child custody modification cases are often as diverse as the controlling statutes and case law. Thus, trial courts have wide latitude to decide these matters; subsequent modifications have a tendency to, or perception of, unsettling the child(ren) and are more difficult to accomplish than the…
One rather complex issue is what evidence a parent has to put on at trial to receive more parenting time. Is this burden different from a physical custody modification since the net result can be deemed a change in how much time a child spends with the non-custodial parent, including more overnights, up to equal time? As advocates with a…
The laws of the state of Indiana give parents a great deal of latitude in the raising of their child(ren). In fact, the United States Constitution contains the fundamental right for biological parents–above others–to raise their children as they see fit: whatever their religion, morals, and values may be1. To third parties and outsiders, this is sometimes very hard to…
advocates sometime observe litigants lose sight of the fact that a divorce, where children are involved, is a complex financial transaction impacting matters ranging from life insurance to unanticipated tax consequences. One significant issue is which parent can deduct the child(ren) on his or her taxes and how often (e.g. every other year, each year?). Until recently, the subject was…
A party to divorce or paternity action is undergoing what is recognized as one of life’s major stressors. This dynamic escalates several fold if the parties do not come to an agreement (or mediation fails) the divorce or paternity action goes to trial. The game has changed a bit. Now, it is no longer a negotiation, it is a battle.…
Child Support to End At Age 19!! A near universal we observe is that child support is an issue that is contentious: the payor argues it is not enough to take care of the child and the payee too much support for him/her to live a decent lifestyle. And child support is applicable to almost every paternity and divorce action…
In the simple to complex legal and factual world constituting domestic litigation, sometimes anything that can go wrong will. Nowhere is this more true–or potentially damaging–than on the eve of trial or on the day of the trial itself. Over the years, I have observed a number of such scenarios play out with litigants and attorneys (even myself) that you…
The use of cell phones in daily life has become the norm, no longer the exception. Now, with technology becoming more and more advanced, smartphones are essentially equivalent to computers you can carry around in your pocket. They can hold information that is both trivial and extremely personal (i.e., bank account information). The use of cell phones and especially smartphones…
As domestic advocates, we at find our jobs difficult in most every case to help our clients make very important custody and property (assets and liability) decisions (objectives of the litigation) while addressing significant emotional turmoil typically associated with divorce. And we only have to help one side through this time period. When the emotion of both parties combines, and…