Parents who no longer live together often have a hard time deciding on child custody. This is especially true when parents have widely different parenting styles. If parents can’t agree on child custody and visitation, sometimes courts order a child custody evaluation. What is a child custody evaluation? A child custody evaluation is an investigation…
We are often contacted by people who initially want to know how to separate from their spouse or have already separated and want to know what the next step is. Two important issues must be evaluated in either situation. Quite frequently parties sign a document known as a “separation agreement” which documents the actual date…
Legal custody means the authority to make long-range decisions about a minor child’s health, education, welfare, religious needs, etc. It is the lawful authority to parent a child. There are two types of legal custody: joint and sole. Joint legal custody means that both parents have equal control of the decision making for their child.…
“Grounds for divorce” means a set of conditions a party must prove in court in order for a judge to grant a divorce. The most common of these grounds are the following: A mutual and voluntary separation which has lasted for at least a period of one year. The separation must have been made with…
Under most circumstances, so long as you are on the title to the residence, the party who continues to live there cannot bar you from entering the residence. Essentially, you cannot break into a house you own. Therefore, even if the locks have been changed and an alarm system has been installed, you are still…
You are married until a judge signs an order granting your divorce. Therefore, if you have sexual relations with a person other than your spouse, you are committing adultery.
Unless you and your spouse have signed a settlement agreement resolving matters of income and property, any money you make from nearly all sources, is marital. Since it is marital, it is subject to being divided between you and your spouse and it therefore belongs to both of you.
