The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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At we believe custody evaluations sometimes play a vital role in the preparation of a client’s case to facilitate it settling, typically in mediation, or to make it the best it can be for trial. The lynchpin of a custody evaluation is the evaluator’s consideration of collateral material. In basic terms, collateral information is what allows the evaluator to ascertain…
Divorce law is different from other types of law. In fact, it’s different from almost anything you experience in daily work, in the public world, and in private life. Nothing is sacred, or secret. And we all have our secrets. Things that even your closest friend may not know about you, such as a torrid affair, have an uncanny way…
The Custody of “Rover” the Dog. Yes, even the dog pays the price in divorce. Every experienced divorce attorney has had the conversation with a client about custody of the beloved family dog, affectionately named “Rover” in this post. In the times of high emotion and stress that often accompany a divorce, the unconditional love given by a pet may…
“How are unvested stock options, unvested retirement benefits, or a potential inheritance treated by divorce courts?” They are not. Indiana’s one-pot theory pulls all assets and liabilities brought into the marriage or acquired during the marriage but before the filing of a divorce into the “pot” or marital estate for division. This gives judges wide discretion to apportion it and…
“We love each other, but are not married and want to make sure we do it right and give our baby the dad’s name.” At Dixon & Moseley, we have handled virtually every type of Indiana paternity case, from the straightforward in establishing paternity to the novel and unusual, such as challenging DNA results. The area is fairly technical since…
attorneys routinely field questions about technological advances that may be used to gather critical evidence. Indeed, the tools that are available sometimes allow amazing pieces of evidence to be captured, authenticated, and have an evidentiary basis laid for their admission into evidence and use in the courtroom proceedings. For example, a spouse’s affair and the lavishing of gifts on a…
attorneys sometimes receive questions like this. This aspect of a divorce carries at least four different meanings, one of which is viewed as a taboo topic. The first is simply what a spouse contemplates and does just before meeting with a divorce attorney (or after) to facilitate the process. This is a common conversation that attorneys have with clients: “Please…
One in two marriages ends in divorce. Approximately 40,000 divorces were filed in Indiana last year. Human nature causes all of us to question our marriages from time to time: We only see the public side of the other couples, or what they want us to see; it is easy to think everyone else has it better. As an Indianapolis…
“Why Won’t My Divorce Attorney Call Me Back or Return My E-Mails, and What Should I Do” A good lawyer is usually busy. My office, at times, seems like a hospital emergency room: Aside from choking and turning blue or having a heart attack — you come first. Agree? Not sure? What if your soon-to-be-ex is beating on your front…
You can save yourself money, help an attorney learn about your unique case, and make the process go faster and smoother by gathering some basic documents before you have an initial consultation with a divorce attorney. In addition, these items have a unique way of “disappearing” at the time they are needed, so it is best to gather them up…