One of the first questions new clients ask me is “how much will the divorce cost?” I never shy away from answering this fair question – even though it doesn’t have easy answers. Unfortunately, you cannot completely control the cost, because you cannot control your spouse’s actions and the actions of his or her attorney. Read More …
Many attorneys accept it as an article of faith that January is “Divorce Month.” Do an internet search on “January divorce month” and you will find a lot of articles discussing this alleged phenomenon. You will even find one article on Findlaw.com which concluded, after analyzing divorce filings, that March is the true divorce month: Read More …
I love supporting local businesses, and I love good coffee. The “About Us” web page of one of my favorite local businesses starts like this: “We’re passionate about coffee.” Me too. I buy 5-pound bags of roasted, whole-bean coffee from Coffee Bean Direct. I’ve been a customer since 2008. Their large-scale craft roasterie is located Read More …
In Part 1 of this post, I described two ways in which a divorcing couple gets to an uncontested divorce. Let’s now explore two other ways-both slower than the first two. Method #3: Here, not only can’t the spouses negotiate first, they have trouble negotiating at all. One one of the spouses files first, the Read More …
We’ve all heard the term “uncontested divorce.” However, the term means different things to different people. Read on, and I will clarify the term as best as I can. I will also offer an alternate theory – that there is no single definition for the term, and that there are many different types of uncontested Read More …