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Divorce is often a dynamic and involved process that starts with filing a petition for dissolution of the marriage. After a divorce has been filed, there are several avenues through which the parties can achieve the ultimate result-a divorce. First, and probably the most historically common (but that is changing), the parties can go to court, litigate the issues, and…
One crucial task during a dissolution proceeding is to determine the assets and liabilities for the parties to divide and to determine how same will be divided. The general statutory rule is that the Court will presume the parties shall divide all assets and liabilities equally (50/50)1. The other companion general rule is that a party may not dissipate (hide…
During the dissolution process, there are many topics that need to be addressed. The “big three” include child custody, child support, and dividing assets and liabilities. However, there are often numerous other issues that may be equally important to one or both of the parties. One of these potential issues is the wife legally changing her name back from her…
Having legal problems can affect many aspects of your life. It may be affecting your family and other relationships, your housing, and your finances. Hiring an attorney is often the best way to advocate for your position. However, attorneys are expensive because of the level of training and skill they have to have to run a successful law practice, and…
One key aspect of human nature is to see our problem(s) as more important than everyone else’s problems. In addition, the need for a timely resolution of any given stressor is important to living a fulfilled life. As domestic advocates at , we observe these two factors collide and often create great duress for clients when child/ parenting time disputes…
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…
Contractual Obligations, Child Support and Income Withholding, and COBRA Unlike the larger body of civil law, domestic relations has mostly grey statutory provisions that are equitable as much as they are legal. The reason for this is life is anything but organized and linear. It is messy and filled with emotions ranging from happy to sad. A trial court, by…
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.…
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…