The danger of rushing into custody agreements with the seriously mentally ill or substance abusing
April 1, 2017
Folks hire family law attorneys not only expecting to have their domestic disputes resolved, but expecting them to be resolved quickly and inexpensively. The method
Lessons from my first contested termination of parental rights prosecution trial
March 30, 2017
Last week I represented a mother and step-father in a contested termination of parental rights(TPR)/step-parent adoption case. I have been a licensed attorney for over
You don’t have to pretend to be perfect
March 30, 2017
A lot of family court litigants harm their cases because they don’t want to admit anything that makes them look bad. Confronted with such behavior
What’s so primo about primacy?
March 26, 2017
Folks will often contact my office with a desire to file a divorce or custody case immediately, “before the other side does.” Sometimes there is
March 20, 2017
Child support can be modified based upon a substantial change of circumstances. Common circumstances that justify a child support modification are when work-related child care
If you want peace, prepare for war
March 19, 2017
Clients often ask me, if the goal is to settle the case, why I ask them to gather substantial information or why I issue discovery
March 15, 2017
There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we
Best practices in responding to requests for production
February 17, 2017
I spend a lot of time struggling to get opposing attorneys to fully respond to requests for production. Often it’s hard to tell if the
