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Family Law Prof Blog
Pakistani girl loses nose, lips for seeking divorce
By Family Law
MULTAN, Pakistan - A Pakistani man cut off the nose and lips of his 19-year-old sister-in-law after she went to court for a divorce in a tribal area of the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Pass-through income in an S corporation is not ordinarily income in divorce action
By Family Law
How should an individual’s interest in a small business corporation be characterized in a divorce action if the corporation elects to operate as an S corporation, so that all the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Couples split, frequent-flier miles don’t
By Family Law
Separating frequent-flier miles in a divorce is a serious and increasingly common issue. One big hurdle: Airlines do not allow customers to transfer frequent-flier miles, even in a divorce. Moreover,…
New Jersey Family Law
NEW JERSEY DIVORCE JURISDICTION
If ample notice [here, by motion, not a separate complaint] is provided that a party to a domestic violence proceeding is invoking the broader equitable powers of the court to…
New Jersey Family Law
New Jersey Student Loans
Post-judgment order directing parent to pay a proportionate share of student loans is reversed, since trial court ruled without the oral argument requested by the parties, contrary to Rule 5:5-4(a).…
Family Law Prof Blog
The Secret Lives of Retired Judges
By Family Law
"Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston took one more step toward divorce last Friday when a retired judge in Los Angeles signed an official "judgment of dissolution" for their marriage. Just…
Family Law Prof Blog
Case Law Development: Reformation Unavailable as Remedy for Unambiguous but Inequitable Property Division Agreements in Family Court
By Family Law
Gorman v. Gorman, 2005 R.I. LEXIS 166 (August 26, 2005) In what the Supreme Court of Rhode Island terms a "close and troubling case," the court reversed a trial court…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Effect of Divorce on Contingent Survival Gift
Testator’s will left his entire estate to Wife, but if Wife failed to survive him by thirty days, to Step-Daughter. Testator later divorced Wife but did not change his will. …
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Oregon Community Property Article
Dorothy Kliks Fones Professor of Law Leslie Joan Harris of the University of Oregon has recently published an article entitled Tracing, Spousal Gifts, and Rebuttable Presumptions: Puzzles of Oregon Property…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
NJ Divorce malpractice blocked
Robert Durst of http://njlawblog.com tells us that in New Jersey, a Divorce litigant's malpractice claim is barred by their acknowledgment of the settlement and expressed satisfaction with their attorney at…