Category: Child Support and Alimony

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How to Negotiate Who Pays for Private School Tuition

How to Negotiate Who Pays for Private School Tuition

How to Negotiate Who Pays for Private School Tuition I smell like strong black coffee and the harsh reality of a courtroom. If you are here for a soft touch, find a therapist. If you want to keep your child in their current school without going bankrupt, stay in the room. I watched a client…
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How Child Support is Calculated if You Are Self-Employed

How Child Support is Calculated if You Are Self-Employed

The deposition that ended before it started I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. We were sitting in a cramped, glass-walled conference room that smelled like stale coffee and ozone. My client, a successful freelance consultant, decided to…
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Why Judges View Voluntary Unemployment as a Red Flag for Alimony

Why Judges View Voluntary Unemployment as a Red Flag for Alimony

I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence. We were sitting in a cramped, glass walled conference room that smelled like stale coffee and laser toner. My client, a former software executive, was claiming that he could no longer…
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How to Enforce Alimony Payments When Your Ex Stops Paying

How to Enforce Alimony Payments When Your Ex Stops Paying

The brutal truth about your unpaid support I smell like strong black coffee and the hard reality of a Friday afternoon at the courthouse. Before you say hello, let me tell you why your case is likely failing. You are waiting for your former spouse to feel guilty. Guilt is not a legal strategy. I…
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When to Request an Audit of Child Support Payments

When to Request an Audit of Child Support Payments

The smell of strong black coffee is the only thing that keeps the senses sharp when you are staring at three years of redacted bank statements at three in the morning. I am a trial attorney, not a hand-holder. I have spent twenty five years watching people lie under oath, and nowhere do they lie…
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How to Request More Support During the Trial Phase

How to Request More Support During the Trial Phase

I smell like strong black coffee and the cold reality of a courtroom that does not care about your feelings. You came to this office because you are losing. Your divorce is not a sad story; it is a failing business liquidation. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes…
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What Judges Really Think About Late Support Payments

What Judges Really Think About Late Support Payments

The smell of burnt coffee fills the room while I review the ledger. I see the same story every week. A client walks into the courtroom thinking their excuse for a late payment matters. It does not. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they…
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Collecting Child Support When Your Ex Works for Cash

Collecting Child Support When Your Ex Works for Cash

Strategies for Capturing Shadow Income in Child Support Disputes Your case is currently failing. You walked into my office thinking that a tax return is a holy document, but in the world of high-conflict litigation, a tax return is often just a piece of creative fiction. I watched a client lose their entire claim in…
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The Risks of Waiting Too Long to File for Spousal Support

The Risks of Waiting Too Long to File for Spousal Support

The smell of burnt black coffee is the scent of a failed legal strategy. I watched a client lose their entire claim in the first ten minutes of a deposition because they ignored one simple rule about silence and the passage of time. They believed that waiting for a more amicable moment to request financial…
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The Hidden Clause That Could Cost You Thousands in Alimony

The Hidden Clause That Could Cost You Thousands in Alimony

Sit down and drink your coffee. It is cold. This room smells like old paper and broken promises. I have spent twenty five years watching people walk into my office thinking they have won, only to realize they signed their own financial death warrant months prior. Divorce is not a journey of self discovery. It…
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