New York Post NFL free agent Terrell Owens has been simultaneously slapped with court papers by three different women for alleged unpaid child support totaling $35,000. Melanie Paige Smith alleged in a Friday court filing that dad-of-four kids (by four different women) Owens has failed to pay her the $5,000 in monthly support she says […]
Divorce filings always seem to decrease around Christmas time. There may be many reasons, including some that we hear such as wanting to keep the family together for one last holiday, or feeling guilty about filing around Christmas time. It is a nice reprieve and it is always nice to see people really give their […]
There will be family law discussed not only indoors, but pool side and at the beach. Isn’t that better than your conference room?
By: ABA Now Trying a case within the crucible of the courtroom presents enough challenges for litigators, but the impact on lawyers, clients, witnesses, judges and jurors can be profound when a case attracts a significant amount of media attention. Some of America’s leading litigators and judges shared insights on trying high-profile cases during a […]
the goal is to enhance American and Cuban lawyers knowledge and skills in family law,
I have been very fortunate to have been invited to speak on high profile and high asset divorce recently.
I just concluded my twentieth (I think? Maybe 21?) semester of teaching family law at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. It is so rewarding. While it takes time to prepare and teach (3.5 hours per week of instruction), it feels like I am making a small difference in the students’ lives. Certainly not all […]
By ALAN FARNHAM Let’s suppose, for conversation’s sake, that you’re scheming to divorce your spouse, whom you suspect of cheating (and to whom you’d like to pay not one dime’s worth of alimony). Is there a way for you wiggle out it? Yes. Move to Georgia, where adultery is a bar to alimony. Randall M. […]
This week, family law attorney, and my boss from 1989-1991, Pamela Tremayne, passed away. Pamela offered me employment when I was a very young lawyer, in my mid-twenties. To work with her was very appealing to me since she was a former teacher, and I had much to learn. Pamela taught me the importance of […]
By ALICIA GALLEGOS In a custody dispute that has reached the Supreme Court of North Carolina, a judge has ruled that children of a cancer patient must live with their father, in part, because of their mother’s Stage IV breast cancer diagnosis. The case poses ethical questions for doctors about whether medical conditions are a […]
