Category Archives: Custody

Winning Settlement Strategies

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Randy Kessler

Too often the focus on lawyer education is on how to go to trial. Continue reading →

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ABA Family Law Section plans for South Beach Seminar in full swing

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Randy Kessler

There will be family law discussed not only indoors, but pool side and at the beach. Isn’t that better than your conference room? Continue reading →

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CUBA! ABA Family Law Section Invitation

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Randy Kessler

the goal is to enhance American and Cuban lawyers knowledge and skills in family law, Continue reading →

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ABA FLS Brochure available now

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Randy Kessler

The speakers and program producers have worked very hard to organize and create this exciting program and we hope you will join us. Continue reading →

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Custody ruling against woman with cancer

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Randy Kessler

…the factors the judge likely focused on were those that affected the children and what would give them the best shot at good, stable futures. Continue reading →

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ABA meeting informative and rewarding

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Randy Kessler

The Annual American Bar Association meeting, held this year in Toronto, has been quite interesting.  I have gone to meetings for all sorts of committees (Commission on Youth at Risk, and many others) and seminars on all sorts of topics … Continue reading →

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ABA Annual Meeting special one for me

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Randy Kessler

Our goal, and mine, is to improve the practice of family law and to minimize the negative impact family law can have on families. Continue reading →

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Celeb Divorce, now J-Lo and Marc Anthony

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Randy Kessler

Using lawyers to do their communicating often has its limits and almost always, celebrities figure out what they want to do and then tell their lawyers to “make it so”. Continue reading →

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ABA Family Law Section CLE set for October in Vegas

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Randy Kessler

We have a tremendous line up of topics, including: “Saving a Stolen Childhood: How to Prevent and Resolve International Kidnapping Cases”, “Diminishing Returns: Effects of Illness, Psychological Problems & Addiction on Support Calculations” and “Tax Issues Faced by Alternative Families… A Mystery of Clues!” as well as fun topics like “Mission Impossible — Obtaining Discovery from Casinos”. Continue reading →

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GA Supreme Court makes “Pilot Project” for Discretionary Appeals more permanent

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Randy Kessler

The Georgia Supreme Court of Georgia has just changed it’s “pilot project” rule regarding discretionary appeals for domestic relations cases. Continue reading →

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Do children of divorce suffer poorer grades?

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Randy Kessler

it is not necessarily the divorce that can harm children, as much as the kind of divorce that occurs. Continue reading →

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Family Law Institute for the Georgia Bar

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Randy Kessler

Over 450 lawyers and judges are planning to come to learn about family law, the new trends, cutting edge issues and practical ideas. Continue reading →

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New law-Custody for Military Families

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Randy Kessler

No law is perfect, but hopefully this law will help military families and their children, and hopefully does not reduce the emphasis that must always be placed on ensuring that we do what is in the best interests of the child. Continue reading →

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ABA Family Law Section meeting starts in Amelia Island

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Randy Kessler

This year, our Spring seminar will focus on “Families Matter”. Continue reading →

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Why not seal divorce records?

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Randy Kessler

The parties, if they have children, will continue to interact and be somewhat interdependent on each other after the divorce. Why allow more roadblocks, like allowing outsiders to know their private business, to make their life any harder than it already will be? Continue reading →

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2010, the year in family law.

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Randy Kessler

Here’s to hoping that things get better for those who had a rough 2010, and that those who didn’t, continue to be blessed in 2011 and beyond. Continue reading →

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International child related issues on the rise.

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Randy Kessler

This internationalization of child birth, adoption and reproduction may be a very good thing. It seems very well intended. The problem is with the unintended consequences. Continue reading →

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ABA Family Law Section to meet in Fort Worth

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Randy Kessler

This Wednesday through Saturday, the ABA Family Law Section hosts it’s annual Fall seminar (next October we are meeting in Las Vegas). True to form, the programming is excellent, filled with excellent speakers on excellent topics of interest to family … Continue reading →

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Temporary Custody should not automatically = Permanent Custody

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Randy Kessler

But if we, and importantly the judges, can know the very present, then we are more likely to formulate plans for our children that will work now, and hopefully into the future. Continue reading →

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Recalling the first test tube baby

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Randy Kessler

1978. That was the first time in the history of the world that a child was conceived outside of a mother’s body, with a donated/borrowed egg and then successfully carried through pregnancy to life. Continue reading →

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