The Attorneys at Dixon & Moseley, P.C.
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Historically, parents continued to be parents long after their children become adults, marry, and sometimes have their own families. Many of the parents loan their children money from time-to-time or to purchase their first home. When the marriage turns bad and a divorce is filed, the parents often want their loan(s) repaid. Due to the inherent trust between parents and…
With technology and more access to different information on a faster basis, there is much more evidence available to parties, attorneys, professionals, and trial court judges to use making child custody decisions. These need to be identified as early in the divorce process as possible to be useful. Custody evaluators and GAL’s can use and rely on evidence that might…
Most lawyers get involved in a case and begin representing a client when their life is in a state of confusion, falling apart, and emotionally obscures what the client wants to accomplish. If you face divorce, there are several constructive steps you can take to aid your lawyer in helping you work through the process and figure out your legal…
Divorce cases take up most of the time on Indiana’s trial court’s calendars. They are messy and sometimes take up multiple days of trial court time (i.e., two hours here, a half day there, and an hour to wrap up, even without the traditional opening and closing). The reason for this is there is no real way for a judge…
In criminal matters, one of the more common issues is evidence and what comes in and is admissible, and what is kept out and is inadmissible. For example, a previous blog post discussed Miranda Warnings and how they generally apply to questioning. If a confession is obtained without proper Miranda Warnings, it is likely not admissible in Court. Other information…
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…
“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”.…
As domestic advocates, attorneys frequently are consulted and accept child custody modification cases. In order to modify physical custody, the moving parent must show there has been a substantial change in the child’s environment and the modification is in the child’s best interests. We find most post-divorce child custody modification cases fall within three (3) categories. The first is where…
At , we have sometimes been asked by clients and other attorneys about firearms seized by police that are not forfeited as apart of a criminal proceeding. We have frequently shared the position we believe strikes the right balance between public safety and a citizen’s property. This distillation culls out a difference between owning the property (the firearms) and possessing…
A custody, parenting time and relocation evaluation may be requested and ordered by a domestic court where any of these contested matters are at hand: child physical custody (its initial determination or modification); legal custody, parenting time, and/or relocation. Such evaluations are a vital tool (of many) to consider in any given custody issue. At we often find the place…