This custody case is a weird one, where, after four years of litigation, it turns out a grandfather is found to have never had standing.
The timeline is important. Mother and Father have a relationship where father functioned en loco
Family & Divorce
Weighing the consequences of Judge Dugan’s arrest
Much as I would prefer any other topic for my column this month, the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan was the biggest story in local law in, well, forever.
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HB612 Shifts the Burden—And Children Pay the Price
As North Carolina’s General Assembly considers House Bill 612 (HB612), much of the focus has been on its child welfare reforms. However, embedded in the bill is a quiet, dangerous shift to North Carolina’s adoption laws. If passed, the change…
America’s Financial “Moodyness”
By Mark Ashton
Friday brought the news that Moody’s, one of the three agencies that evaluate U.S. government debt, downgraded that debt to Aa1. This has triggered lots of commentary and investment houses are actually reaching out to investors to “discuss” what this…
Order of Protection Challenged in Knoxville, Tennessee: Sixx v. Clark
By K.O. Herston
What is a clear and unambiguous order for the purpose of criminal contempt in Tennessee?
Exploring the World of Financial Infidelity
By Mark Ashton
We go down the wedding aisle with a common plan to build a better world as a united couple. No one can deny the merits of the goal nor the ancient bromide that “two live more cheaply than one.”
It’s…
Limitation Period for Appeal of Arbitration Award Upheld, Despite Later Interpretation Award
In Nordine v. Nordine 2025 BCSC 829, the British Columbia Supreme Court recently considered an appeal to strike a Notice of Appeal from a family arbitration award. The issue was whether the arbitrator’s “interpretation” of the award, pursuant to s.…
The Emerging Scaryworld of Electronic “Authentication.”
By Mark Ashton
We don’t write much about criminal law although “domestic” cases do sometimes merge into the world of crime. Commonwealth v. Stallworth came to our attention because Susquehanna County Common Pleas Judge Jason Legg also reads appellate cases and writes about…
Reducing Conflict During Separation Using the BIFF Technique (Ep 123)
Is it Time to Re-think Protection from Abuse?
By Mark Ashton
Tuesday’s Superior Court decision in Goodyear v. Gorsuch 1726 MDA 2024 is not by any means a gross injustice. But it does raise concerns about how cases involving civil protections for present and former intimate partners should be treated. In…