Family Law & Divorce Blog
Welcome to Family Lawyer Magazine's new Blog! In these pages, you’ll find content that can help you attract quality clients (and offer better service to existing clients), manage your practices more efficiently, learn about financial tips and traps, and discover new technology and trends.
Our Bloggers are all experienced professionals working in the divorce and family law arena, or experts who provide services to those professionals.
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We hope you find these blog posts thought-provoking, interesting, and informative.
Recent Blog Posts
Understanding Digital Assets & Income Streams Within the Context of Divorce
Divorcing millennials present new challenges for divorce professionals, who are faced with the tough task of assessing new and evolving types of digital assets and digital income streams.
By Gregory GilstonUpdated:
Divorcing millennials present new challenges for divorce professionals, who are faced with the tough task of assessing new and evolving types of digital assets and digital income streams. Read more
Why Family Lawyers Should Focus on Self-Love
Focusing on self-love, gratitude, confidence, and practice in all areas of life will help family lawyers achieve their goals – in both their careers and lives.
By Gray RobinsonUpdated:
Focusing on self-love, gratitude, confidence, and practice in all areas of life will help family lawyers achieve their goals – in both their careers and lives. Read more
Child Tax Credit Advance Refunds Coming Soon!
Starting July 15, millions of families will start receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments. Your clients could be among them, and they’ll definitely have questions.
By Daniel CaineUpdated:
Starting July 15, millions of families will start receiving monthly Child Tax Credit payments. Your clients could be among them, and they’ll definitely have questions. Read more
The Tax Trap in Exactly Equal Parenting
If the parties have agreed to exactly equal parenting, and the lower-income parent pays the child care expense, neither parent would be eligible to claim the child care credit. Can you avoid this tax trap?
By Daniel CaineUpdated:
If the parties have agreed to exactly equal parenting, and the lower-income parent pays the child care expense, neither parent would be eligible to claim the child care credit. Can you avoid this tax trap? Read more
Right-Brain Lawyering: Attorneys and the Importance of Art
Lawyers need to be creative, imaginative, and “outside the box” thinkers, but they need to be artistic as well. Here's why.
By Gray RobinsonUpdated:
Lawyers need to be creative, imaginative, and “outside the box” thinkers, but they need to be artistic as well. Here's why. Read more
Validation + Rationalization = Client-Centered Communication
Client-centered communication is a way to help difficult clients feel heard and understood, in hopes of making them collaborators in their legal process as opposed to hindrances.
By Gregory GilstonUpdated:
Client-centered communication is a way to help difficult clients feel heard and understood, in hopes of making them collaborators in their legal process as opposed to hindrances. Read more
Family Lawyers, Implicit Bias, & Burnout: 5 Steps to Self-Discovery
Once you become aware of your implicit bias, you can decide to change. Until you're aware, you're like a puppet being controlled by your biases.
By Gray RobinsonUpdated:
Once you become aware of your implicit bias, you can decide to change. Until you're aware, you're like a puppet being controlled by your biases. Read more
2021 Tips: Child Support and the Child Tax Credit
The American Rescue Act introduced dramatic changes in the Child Tax Credit, the Child Care Credit, and the Earned Income Credit – but only for 2021.
By Daniel CaineUpdated:
The American Rescue Act introduced dramatic changes in the Child Tax Credit, the Child Care Credit, and the Earned Income Credit – but only for 2021. Read more
Website Best Practices for 2021 (& Beyond)
Does your site attract the right potential clients and offer them a great user experience, or is it “all sizzle, no steak”? Learn about website best practices here!
By Diana Shepherd, CDFA®Updated:
Does your site attract the right potential clients and offer them a great user experience, or is it “all sizzle, no steak”? Learn about website best practices here! Read more
4 Tech Tools for Marketing Your Family Law Practice in 2021
COVID-19 has accelerated the growth of online technologies; here are a few of our favorite new (or vastly improved) tech tools for family lawyers.
By Martha Chan, Marketing Expert for Family LawyersUpdated:
COVID-19 has accelerated the growth of online technologies; here are a few of our favorite new (or vastly improved) tech tools for family lawyers. Read more