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Divorce
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Pennsylvania Family Law
Retaking Maiden Name
For various reasons, a woman may want to re-take her maiden name after a divorce. Interestingly, under the Section 704 of Title 54 of the Pennsylvania Code, a person party…
New Jersey Law Blog
Divorce – Mediation or Litigation?
Maria Imbalazano, a Shareholder in the Divorce Group, authored the article Mediate or Litigate: Which is Best for Your Divorce Client for the August 2006 New Jersey Law Journal Family…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Attorney Authority to Bind Client to Agreement Amending a Divorce Judgment
By Family Law
The Ohio Court of Appeals clarified the jurisdiction of a court to enforce agreed-to amendments to property division judgments in a case in which the divorce judgment had provided that…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Inheritance Rights & Family Values
Linda Kelly Hill (Dale Palmer Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law) has published her article No-Fault Death: Wedding Inheritance Rights to Family Values, 94 Ky. L.J. 319-361 (2005-2006).Here…
Family Law Prof Blog
Visitation Centers Lack Funding
By Family Law
"Many times when a marriage dissolves into shouting matches between parents, the children are caught in the crossfire. For the past three years warring parents have been ordered by judges…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
Don’t Marry Michael Noer
By Gordon Smith
Eric Goldman sent me this story about an article on Forbes.com that was yanked off the site for awhile: Don't Marry Career Women by Michael Noer. In the article, Noer…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Post-Death Divorce – Update
Earlier on this blog, I reported on a recent situtation from Blairsville, Pennsylvania, in which the estate of a man who was murdered the day before he had planned to…
Family Law Prof Blog
Sheen and Richards Settle Divorce
By Family Law
"The acrimony is apparently over for the once-coupled Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. There has been an amicable resolution in the couple's divorce case, lawyers for Sheen and Richards announced…
Family Law Prof Blog
Use of Violence Could Become Grounds for Divorce in Greece
By Family Law
"A bill submitted to Parliament yesterday proposes the toughest set of measures ever seen in Greece against domestic violence and asks for the first time that smacking children be outlawed…
Family Law Prof Blog
Legislative Update: Louisiana Lengthens Waiting Period for Divorce
By Family Law
Louisiana's governor has signed into law an act which doubles the living-separate-and-apart waiting period for divorce from six months to one year when minor children would be affected by a…