The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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Tens of thousands of cases are filed and decided by Indiana’s trial court judges each year. Every judge and attorney knows the importance of telling the story of your position to give you your best day in court. However, for the legal system to work as it should, litigants themselves play a key role at trial. These may seem obvious,…
In the 1960s, it was common for a parent and child(ren) to take a “vacation” to another state, file divorce, and have this new state decide custody matters. Ultimately, this gained enough attention that the laws changed, as this new state would not have the necessary evidence to decide custody fully in a child’s best interests, and as a policy…
Disputes over child custody, parenting time or visitation are often referred to third party professionals to investigation the matter fully and make a recommendation to the court.1 This process often leads to settlement and more streamlined trials. However, a court, who must use its discretion and make a child custody determination is not bound by an evaluator’s recommendations, but is…
The sometimes-bitter litigation between a child’s adoptive parent and her grandparents who raised her from a young age yielded a decision from the state’s highest court that family law experts believe may represent a significant shift in adoption cases…read more on Indiana Lawyer.
There are two (2) major types of Orders that a court could issue which would prevent contact of some kind with another person. It is important to know the differences to understand your rights, and relief available if the Order is violated, or the punishments/implications for violating an Order. Protective Orders, or POs, are a civil lawsuit used to protect…
With our society becoming more and more mobile, and travel becoming easier, relocation from state to state, city to city, and even country to country, is becoming a common issue in post divorce and paternity cases. When one parent desires to relocate far enough away that the current custodial arrangement becomes unworkable, then what? Adding to the confusion is the…
Sometimes during divorce, paternity, or other contested custody cases, clients will wonder how to the court will view them for disliking their former spouse or significant other. Will the court judge him or her poorly for disliking the other parent of his or child? Will the court make decisions that adversely affect custody or parenting time for the parent that…
Any Order that a court issues during the pendency of a Divorce or Paternity case, that is not a final Order of all issues, is a provisional Order. These can also be called “interlocutory”, “preliminary”, or “temporary” Orders. A Provisional Order is meant to maintain the status quo as close to possible. Any time a divorce action begins, there are…
In any divorce proceeding the assets and debts must be divided between the respective spouses. Thus, there are three (3) questions to consider: 1) What is the marital estate made of? 2) What does the law say about dividing it? And 3) How do I get my fair share? 1) What is the marital estate made of? In Indiana, the…
When a child is born to a married couple, it may seem ridiculous to ask the question, who is the daddy? But, sometimes, this may not be a ridiculous question after all. Most all divorce petitions and decrees include the names and ages of the children born of the marriage (if under 21), but also include the statement “Wife is…