The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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“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 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…
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…
At we find a wide range of views held about legal reasons for a divorce. However, these might be reason you want a divorce, but these are not legal reasons. We hope you find this blog post helpful to understanding the emotional and financial and otherwise non-legal aspect of a divorce. Our belief and position is the more you understand…
A common concern we see as advocates for domestic clients is what happens in the time, sometimes substantial time, between a divorce filing and a divorce. Where children are involved, post-divorce matters may, unfortunately, drag on for years. Often counsel face the indirect or direct question of how to live with the proceedings–uncertainty. There are no sure, fast or simple…
Almost everyone knows a terrible and tragic divorce story. Perhaps their own. A friend. A parent. Divorce is unique in the legal system in that it almost always ends with each spouse (and the children) obtaining a result they are unhappy with. As Indiana divorce attorneys, we know the protracted divorce and “nasty” trial sometimes is unavoidable. There is too…
advocates sometimes represent clients who believe a child, their child, is not having his or her voice heard in the “white noise” of a acrimonious divorce proceeding. Nevertheless, there are a number of legal methods by which an attorney and client may aid the judge in ensuring the child’s best interests are heard and met. This is after all a…
attorneys frequently field questions from their divorce clients about depositions.A large number of these questions come from clients who are about to be deposed by their spouse or ex-spouse in connection with divorce or post-divorce litigation. We find there are seven basic considerations to prepare for a divorce deposition. As advocates, we hope these provide you with some useful information…
At we observe time and again, divorce is the best and worst of times for litigants (and the attorneys), all at the same time. Everything is changing, yet change is a constant of life and often it (divorce) may enable both parties to go on and grow in new and positive directions in a failed marriage. There are four (4)…