There is a lot of misinformation around regarding divorce and family law cases in general. Some of this information is harmless, some is just plain funny and some is dangerous. Here are two of the prevalent and destructive myths: There is a lot of misinformation...
Sometimes tempers flare and even normally sane and even tempered people do insane things during a divorce. One joker at the Courthouse says … some divorce clients are crazy and some just act that way. Divorce is a horrible life experience. The litigants in a...
Potential clients sometimes ask me … Can this case be won? Can you (meaning me) win this case? Can you beat the other attorney? I understand this line of questioning and why a potential client would ask those kinds of thing. I generally have a hard time answering...
Beau’s Blog The Problem with Child Protective Services Over the last five years, I have become increasingly disillusioned with Child Protective Services. I have seen many children left in extremely dangerous situations and even more children removed from...
Beau’s Blog Winning a Divorce Case … Taking care of the bills and the house during the divorce. How do I making sure that my routine bills like car payments, and the house will be taken care of during the divorce process? Specifically, How will the money be...
Beau’s Blog Family Lawyers Need a Warm and Tender Hand “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our...
Beau’s Blog Winning a Divorce Case or A Family Law Case … Firing Your Attorney – Really??? I recently wrote about hiring an attorney in a family law case. I haven’t changed my mind … If you are getting a divorce, or are involved in any type of family law...
Beau’s Blog Don’t have a new boyfriend or girlfriend during a divorce. As old fashioned as it may sound, you are still married. If you are in the middle of a divorce, you are going through one of the worst times of your life. You are hurt, maybe humiliated, and...
Many times when I first meet with divorce clients, I am asked “Is this a fair way to divide our property?” The new client then presents me with some “division” that they and their soon to be ex-spouse have drawn up. My answer is always the same … “I don’t...
Beau’s Blog In my practice, a growing area are cases involving children whose parents were never married, at least never married to each other. Generally, this growth is driven by the destruction of the American family … divorce, children born out of wedlock,...
