Because this writer is now of “that age” and the topic of senior mental infirmity seems to be a focal point of the 2024 Presidential race, I have been watching
Continue Reading Measuring Your Marbles: The World of Powers of AttorneyMark Ashton
Support for the Child You May Not Know About
We are living in a strange legislative world these days. Most Americans are not very happy with the way our legislative assemblies are working. Yet it seems that the response…
Continue Reading Support for the Child You May Not Know AboutThe 10 Year Old Witness; An Adventure in Anxiety
My New Jersey colleague Eric Solotoff just published in our sister blog about a recent Appellate Division case from that state where a relocation case was remanded for lack of…
Continue Reading The 10 Year Old Witness; An Adventure in AnxietyMy Lawyer Won’t Do My Prenup. What’s That About?
My colleague Jessica Kitain wrote last month (2/14) about the basics of what goes into a premarital/prenuptial agreement. Today we fielded an inquiry about some of the stickier questions that…
Continue Reading My Lawyer Won’t Do My Prenup. What’s That About?Whether Making Laws or Babies, Caution is Needed.
We wrote last week about the Alabama Supreme Court case which held that under that state’s law a frozen embryo housed in a laboratory was a child as a matter…
Continue Reading Whether Making Laws or Babies, Caution is Needed.LEGALLY SEPARATED? Who’s Asking?
Early today I fielded a call from a friend who casually asked about the definition of legal separation. I provided the textbook answer including the presumption while noting that this…
Continue Reading LEGALLY SEPARATED? Who’s Asking?MORE AT THE DOOR: Should Government Decide Gender or Internet Access inside Your House?
Lest the reader think these issues are “just political” realize that in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania there are 40,000 custody cases brought each year and 40,000 processed. In those cases…
Continue Reading MORE AT THE DOOR: Should Government Decide Gender or Internet Access inside Your House?INCOME SECURITY & DIVORCE: Strange Bedfellows
Every day there is another article published beginning with the ubiquitous question: “Can I retire if I have……………?” The blank piece is filled with all kinds of trivia. Can I…
Continue Reading INCOME SECURITY & DIVORCE: Strange BedfellowsThe Emerging Supreme Court Fight at the Family’s Front Door
This is designated a family law blog but events taking place on the front door of the U.S. Supreme Court could begin to affect events taking place at your front…
Continue Reading The Emerging Supreme Court Fight at the Family’s Front DoorAlabama Court Rules that Embryos are “Children.”
The decision was issued by the Alabama Supreme Court on February 16, 2024. The implications can be said to be national in scope as individual states step forward with their…
Continue Reading Alabama Court Rules that Embryos are “Children.”