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When writing a cohabitation agreement, most attorneys look to a pre-nuptial agreement as a model, since, even today, pre-nuptial agreements are far more common than cohabitation agreements.... Read more
Often, dissolution cases become a "he said, she said" fight, with two diametrically different versions of the same incidents and lifestyles. The introduction of documentary evidence to suppo... Read more
McNamee v. McNamee: The court exempted the property the husband received from his father from division upon marriage breakdown. Read more
Attorney‑client relationship between ex‑husband and ex‑husband's attorney in underlying divorce action did not alone establish that ex‑husband and attorney were in privity. Read more
The tense relationship between father and mother affecting the child's custody issue after a change in circumstances change in the joint custody arrangement. Read more
Trial court was authorized to enter a judgment in favor of law firm that represented wife in divorce proceeding and, therefore, law firm had right to intervene in proceeding in order to reco... Read more
In absence of transcript of hearing in divorce proceeding, trial court's determination that there was full and fair disclosure by husband of his financial information, with respect to execut... Read more
Provisions in prenuptial agreement defining property as marital or separate were too vague and indefinite to reserve income such as earnings, interest, and dividends generated by wife's sepa... Read more
Father filed motion for custody modification of relocation as a result of military service and the case went to trial two years later, constituting in a change of circumstances Read more
As a “person alleging to be the father,” petitioner had standing to commence a paternity proceeding, notwithstanding fact that mother was married at the time of child's birth Read more
