Mediation in divorce can be the simplest way to re-establish communication, stay out of court and preserve privacy. Divorce, like marriage, is what you make of it, and is dependent on factors like compatibility, temperament and personality type. For a spouse who does not want a divorce, resistance may feel the only way to take…
Read MoreName change can be a complex choice. For instance, Gender identity and name were once thought to be unmoveable, unchangeable truths about a person. You were born, a name was put on your birth certificate, and it followed you the rest of your life, through all your school, employment, health and government records. But what…
Read MoreThe legalization of same sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court last June clearly leads the list of important developments in family law this past year. Raising same sex matrimony to a parity with traditional man-woman marriages creates a tsunami of legal ramifications in the areas of divorce, custody and adoption. It will take time…
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