Visitation Must Be Specific
I have clients who wonder why I want to be so specific on establishing visitation between the children and the non-custodial parent. The answer is simple; the more specific you are, the less ambiguity (usually) exists. Also, based on my own experience as a divorce parent, I think specificity helps when it comes to planning future visitation. For example, I believe establishing visitation on the first, third, and (when applicable) fifth weekends of the month to be preferable than saying visitation is to take place every other weekend. That way, you can look at a calendar and instantly tell when visitation is to take place as opposed to having count out weekends. Also, I think you n

How soon can I get to court?
One of the most common questions I get is “How long is this going to take?” People want to know how long will they be tied up in litigation, and when can they get on with their lives. Like so many things were the legal process is concerned, there are no clear answers. There are processes where a true emergency may be heard by a court in a matter of days. Even in these cases, though, this is just an initial hearing, and it must soon be followed up within a few days with another hearing to give due process to the other party. The most certain deadline I can give a client is when it concerns a non-contested divorce where all factors are agreed upon by the husband a

When Worlds Collide
People like to classify things. That includes laws and lawyers. Both the public at large and we attorneys like to talk about different areas of the law as if they were nice and neat—totally separate from one another. For example, we talk about family law (or divorce law), personal injury law, contract law. “Oh,” we might say, “he’s a bankruptcy lawyer,” or, “she’s an elder law attorney.” Unfortunately life, including law, is rarely that nice, neat, and organized. No, the reality is that a case can involve several different areas of law. The one I want to focus on today is quite common, actually. It’s when the worlds of

Sorry, I’m not Licensed There
Most laypersons don’t understand just how state specific law is—or at least I didn’t before I went to law school. That is very true about family law. There are some general principles that are mostly the same everywhere in the U.S., but the devil, as they say, is in the details. Ben Stevens (aka The Mac Lawyer), a South Carolina family lawyer, has compiled a list of state-specific family law blogs. I’m glad to see he didn’t overlook this blog

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