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Courts sometimes appoint guardians ad litem to assist minors or others. In DeSpain v. DeSpain, Consol. Case No. WD87182, 2025 Mo. App. LEXIS 398 (Mo. Ct. App. June 17, 2025), the court dealt with a lower court’s holding that...more
A recent case by the Tennessee Court of Appeals highlights the importance of changing one’s insurance and retirement policy beneficiaries after divorce. This is true no matter what the divorce documents say and no matter what...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - Heid v. Rutkoski - § 1983, qualified immunity - Nalco v. Bonday - arbitration, vacatur - Sunshine State v. US CIS - immigration, EB-5, annual fee, retroactivity ...more
In Schrader v. Schrader, 2025 BCCA 50 (Schrader v. Schrader), Mr. Schrader argued that his ex-spouse was bound to a previously agreed separation agreement. The BC Court of Appeal rejected Mr. Schrader's argument and upheld...more
How can a family court decision be appealed? Although it is easy to obtain information regarding family laws in the UAE, people are generally unaware about the procedural aspects of the family court process. In this...more
In Suday v. Suday, the executor was also the sole beneficiary of her mother’s estate. No. 24-1009, __ Tex. LEXIS __ (Tex. June 27, 2025) (per curiam). She engaged in substantial litigation seeking to challenge her parents’...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Rivers - search and seizure, sentencing - Bidi Vapor v. USFDA - administrative review, pre-market tobacco product application - Henry v. Tuscaloosa Sheriff - sex...more
In a much anticipated decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has now defined parentage to include intent-based parentage in the landmark case Glover v Junior. Historically Pennsylvania recognizes parentage of a biological...more
Even before the alimony statute was amended in 2014, there was a misconception that permanent alimony was actually permanent and could not be modified under any circumstances. I heard that tired argument many times despite...more
We have written a lot about termination of alimony based upon cohabitation, both before the 2014 Amendment to the alimony statute making it easier, and after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Cardali case. Typically,...more
Under the New Jersey Court Rules, a trial judge presiding over a custody hearing is free to conduct an in-camera interview with the children whose custody is at issue, whether on the judge’s own accord or upon a party’s...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - No decisions this week...more
A lot of people believe that COVID has caused divorce cases to drag and the legal system to be ground to a halt – or at least, to lag behind. While that is certainly the case in some counties and more particularly, with some...more
The Appellate Division recently published a decision, Amzler v. Amzler, making it precedent setting on the use of the new alimony statute in a case of a payor’s early retirement, where parties entered into an alimony...more
Where will Emma go to school? Will Jacob’s acne be treated with Accutane? Is Jackson going to see a therapist? For many years divorced parents in Arizona - with equal parenting rights and an inability to agree on such...more