Category: Divorce Laws and Regulations

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The Differences Between Legal Separation and Getting a Divorce

The Differences Between Legal Separation and Getting a Divorce

The Cold Calculation of Marital Dissolution The air in a courtroom smells like ozone and mint, a sterile scent that masks the decay of a failed marriage. I have spent twenty-five years watching people burn their lives to the ground because they do not understand the procedural machinery of the law. You think you want…
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Moving Out Before the Papers are Signed? Why Judges Often Penalize the Spouse Who Leaves

Moving Out Before the Papers are Signed? Why Judges Often Penalize the Spouse Who Leaves

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 conference room that smelled of burnt coffee and old paper. The opposing counsel asked a single, leading question about why my client left the house…
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