Co-Parenting with a Very Young Child Without a doubt, making the decision to physically separate from your spouse and/or partner is extremely difficult. It’s not a decision that anyone takes lightly, nor is there ever a perfect way or time to do it. When a shared...
Family Law
When Illness Strikes: Navigating a Sick Child When Parents are Separated
There’s no question that caring for a sick child is no easy feat – add into the mix the inherent challenges presented by separated parents, and it can create a recipe for additional stress and chaos. In order to see these difficulties play out, one needs to look no...
An Overview of Custodial Arrangements and Parenting Time Schedules in Ohio
In any child custody lawsuit in Ohio, there are two major matters that underpin each and every child custody order. In particular: What is the relevant custodial arrangement? What is the governing parenting time schedule? Notably, parties to a child custody lawsuit...
Top Five Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Divorce Representation
You’ve made the difficult decision to end your marriage to your spouse. You’ve done your research and found and retained a domestic relations attorney that understands and shares your goals and objectives about the process to terminate your marriage. Now what? In many...
KJK Partner Carly Boyd Discusses Adoption with Cleveland Jewish News
Attorneys Can Help Ease Adoption Process for Parents BY MEGHAN WALSH | CLEVELAND JEWISH NEWS Adoptive parents often have a great deal of steps they need to take before legally calling a child their own. Many of these steps involve family court, so they need the...
Parenting Time and the Holidays
The Holiday season can be a wonderful time for families and traditions. However, when you are going through a divorce or custody proceedings, it can also be a stressful time. There are a lot of unknowns during the process and the upcoming holidays add an extra layer...
Understanding Reconciliation in Divorce
Anytime a person is considering filing for a divorce, it is an important decision. There are families, finances and emotions involved in the process. Even when a divorce has been filed, the filing party can request a dismissal and work towards reconciliation....
Separate and Marital Property: Who Gets What in the Divorce?
In 2019, Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos divorced his wife, MacKenzie Scott. Ms. Scott received almost $34 billion in her divorce settlement and became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in modern day. Ms. Scott thereafter re-married in March 2021, but the...
A ‘Toxic’ Combination? How to Handle Recordings of or Made by Minor Children in Child Custody Lawsuits
Britney Spears’ Ongoing Legal Matters In recent years, there has been no shortage of news coverage about pop singer Britney Spears and her ongoing legal matters. Notably, despite the very public nature of the turmoil that has surrounded Ms. Spears for quite some time...
How Does the Housing Market Affect Real Property Division in Divorce Proceedings?
Most clients are owners of real property which will be divided during the divorce process. The goal of the divorce is to disentangle the parties and separate their finances by the end of the case. There are two ways to do this with respect to real property. Two...