What is a Guardian ad Litem? It is no secret that, inherent in any legal proceeding, are a copious number of Latin terms and phrases. For those not trained in the law—as well as for those that do not have any prior experience with the court system—these foreign...
Depp V. Heard Details the Very Real Allegations and Issues of Severe Substance Abuse For the past few weeks, news outlets and social media platforms have been abuzz discussing the celebrity trial of the current moment — Depp v. Heard — which is currently playing out...
Part 2: Division of Assets and Debts, Retirement Benefits, and Estate Planning Matters As discussed in Part One of our two-part series detailing the social phenomenon know as “grey” divorce, a number of recent studies, reports and other analyses have found an...
Part 1: Spousal Support, Access to Health Insurance and Adult Children In recent years, the growth in the divorce rate among middle-aged and older American couples has been an interesting trend that many researchers have been monitoring. Notably, studies, reports and...
Lessons and Takeaways From the Kanye v. Kim Divorce Saga If you’ve been monitoring the news in the past few weeks, you’ve likely encountered at least one headline—even if just for a clickbait article—about recording artist Kanye West’s recent flurry of social media...
Part 2 – HB 508 Last week was the first in a series of two articles on the content of House Bill 508—which would make the presumed outcome in child custody matters that of Shared Parenting and an equal parenting time schedule— as well as the potential impact of the...
Part 1: The Current Law On Dec. 8, 2021, Ohio House Bill 508 (HB 508)—which would make the presumed outcome in child custody matters that of Shared Parenting and an equal parenting time schedule—was introduced into the Ohio Legislature by Representatives Thomas West...
As domestic relations attorneys, one of the questions that we hear most often from those contemplating ending their marriage to their spouse via divorce, dissolution or otherwise is some version of the following: “What can I do now in order to get ready for and...
The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN) recently released a sobering report on the number of fatalities that were reported in Ohio as a result of intimate partner relationship violence from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 (the “2021 Report”). While the ODVN...
SERIES: Bankruptcy and Distressed Property in a Domestic Relations Matter Part 1- How Bankruptcy Affects Distressed Property in Divorce or Dissolution: The Basics Part 2- What is an Automatic Stay and How Does it Affect Divorce? YOU ARE HERE: Part 3- How Chapter 7 and...