“It’s Not For Kids Anymore….or at least as much”
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HAVE INTEREST RATE HIKES MADE DIRECT MARKET COMPARISON VALUATIONS IRRELEVANT?
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It has been a busy month in the world economy and in the bank business especially. On March 10 a large commercial bank in California was closed for lack of…
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In happier times and faced with fertility problems, Honeyhline and Jason Heidmann were married and willing to pay a third party to preserve frozen embryos should they want children. In…
Continue Reading VIRGINIA SPEAKS ON THE SUBJECT OF CRYOBABIESTAX SEASON IS UPON US. Three Quick Thoughts Whether You are Divorcing or Not.
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We just saw an article published in Marketwatch (a Dow Jones electronic publication) where an executive confesses to have $100,000 in gambling debt on credit cards his spouse knows…
Continue Reading TAX SEASON IS UPON US. Three Quick Thoughts Whether You are Divorcing or Not.Superior Court Takes On Covid Vaccination, Religious & Speech Freedoms All in One Case.
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On March 1, 2023 a precedential panel decision was issued in Rogowski v. Kirven. They are the parents of O.K. who is nine years old. The couple divorced in…
Continue Reading Superior Court Takes On Covid Vaccination, Religious & Speech Freedoms All in One Case.Are You Sentencing Your Kids to Years of Litigation? You May Say “No” but Your Estate Plan May Say “Yes.”
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On March 2, 2023 the Family Law Section of the state bar association dropped a podcast hosted by my partner Aaron Weems with an estate lawyer, Mary Kay Kelm. It…
Continue Reading Are You Sentencing Your Kids to Years of Litigation? You May Say “No” but Your Estate Plan May Say “Yes.”UCCJEA & WEAPONIZATION OF CUSTODY LAWS
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For those not lawyers, the UCCJEA is a ridiculously long acronym for standardized custody laws that are supposed to be uniform across the United States. Every state has its own…
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In July 2020 we wrote about a precedential decision called Lewis v. Lewis, 234 A.2d 707, 711 (Pa.Super.) where what might be described a “fairness in execution” doctrine appeared to…
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One of the goals of this blog is to familiarize lawyers and clients going through divorce with the importance of putting economic issues ahead of emotional ones. But this edition…
Continue Reading Divorce & Making Sense of a Family’s 2nd Biggest InvestmentDivorce Trials and Lessons from the Murdaugh Trial
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Until the 20th century, the best drama most Americans could see was found not on screen but in their county courthouse. Today, we can sit at home and watch…
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