I recently returned from a meeting in New Orleans with the ABA Family Law Section Publications Board. The ABA Family Law Section publishes a multitude of practical books for family law attorneys. Recent publications include “Premarital Agreements, Drafting and Negotiation” by Linda Ravden and “The Forensic Accounting Desk Book: A Practical Guide to Financial Investigation [...]
For the last year, I have devoted virtually all of my non-work time to the preparation of my book, “The Family Law Evidence Handbook” to be published by the American Bar Association Family Law Section Publications this spring. Having completed that project, I am ready to get back to regular contributions to Peskind Family Law [...]
This case really is an extension of the principles explored in In re Marriage of Tegeler, 365 Ill. App. 3d 448 (2nd Dist. 2006) and In re Marriage of Rogers, 213 Ill. 2d 129 (2004)
I just completed my first year as a faculty member at the ABA Divorce Trial Advocacy Institute. I was there with other superstar instructors from around the country. Also on the faculty were nationally recognized psychologists and business evaluators helping teach students the nuances of dealing with mental health and business evaluation experts.
While I was [...]
The future of the family. Read Noble Prize-winning economist Gary Becker’s thoughts on the topic.
http://uchicagolaw.typepad.com/beckerposner/2010/04/the-effects-on-children-of-the-decline-in-marriage-becker.html
1. You can beat the system. Nice try. That brilliant idea–the one that will allow you to avoid your legitimate obligations– has been thought of before and the law has remedies. Like the guy who sold his business to his brother for $200, the court won’t tolerate this nonsense. Your brilliant idea will undoubtedly backfire.
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After practicing family law for nearly 25 years, Lex has seen a full -range of behavior in divorce court. Probably the most disconcerting is witnessing people that are self -destructive. The following is a compilation of the ten ways people ruin their lives in divorce cases:
1. Self pity. Buck up and deal with it. When people get mired in self-pity– they lose [...]
Divorce is a life event that invites many people to re-evaluate their lives. During our day to day lives, we often lose sight of our priorities, instead questing for professional or economic success at the expense of meaningful relationships. And when people ignore these relationships in favor of external rewards, family breakup often follows. This notion is [...]
Lex Familia has been seeing many articles recently concerning the advent of collaborative divorce, which is a system designed to civilize the divorce process. In collaborative divorce, the parties and their lawyers agree to work out the issues, relying on joint professionals such as accountants and social workers, to help them “collaborate” on reaching an agreement. In [...]
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