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By Andrea Murad How to Loan Family Members Money There are two things that tend to be off limits when it comes to dinner conversation: money and politics. And for good reason, talking about finances can spoil relationships by creating resentment and misunderstandings. But what happens when a family member is struggling to make ends […]

What a sad day.  The woman who thought she would never give birth to a child, back in the 1970s, when there was no such thing as a “test tube baby” has died. The NY times has published a very nice overview (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/health/lesley-brown-mother-of-first-test-tube-baby-dies-at-64.html). These days we take artificial insemination for granted.  But the truth is, […]

On Thursday June 21, 2012 I will be one of the featured speakers at the 2012 Annual Consultants’ Conference.  It is being dubbed the “Superconference”.  Information on the program is available by clicking here. The program is sponsored and hosted by NACVA, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.  Not only am I speaking, but more […]

I feel like the luckiest guy in the world, just as many father’s do.  Especially since, in my practice, I see so many dads (and moms) who wish they could have more time with their kids.  This year I was honored as “Father of the Year” by the Father’s Day Council and the American Diabetes […]

Our heart-to-heart on why it costs so much and takes so long to get out of wedlock. By CATEY HILL 1. You’ll pay more than the advertised rate — way more. The U.S. divorce rate has nearly doubled since 1960, according to the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, and the number of divorce […]

The landscape of evidentiary tools available in today’s divorce cases is rapidly evolving, and the courts in this country are becoming more openly accepting of them. With the advent of social tools like Facebook and Twitter, incriminating evidence has never been easier to obtain. You now must be extremely mindful and filter the information and […]

By Elizabeth Landau On her wedding day, Jessica Port wore a tan and black dress to match the tan button-down shirt and patterned necktie of her spouse-to-be, Virginia Anne Cowan. They had taken a vacation from their home in Washington D.C. to a San Francisco courthouse in 2008 to get married, since California had recently […]

By Matt Eppers A lawyer for the mother of one of Terrell Owens’ children alleged in court papers filed Wednesday that Owens sent her “several taunting text messages … regarding his failure to pay child support.” Randall M. Kessler, an Atlanta-based attorney for Melanie Paige Smith, filed an amendment to petition for contempt Wednesday in […]

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