Family Lawyer Magazine’s Fall 2019 Issue: Focus on Technology
Technology may generate significant opportunities for lawyers who are willing to embrace change and evolve their law practices. Read more
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What Family Law Practitioners Must Know About the New Tax Laws
The new tax laws have had a significant impact on divorcing clients, particularly on income taxes. Here are 7 key changes – including taxation of trus... Read more
Report from the Custody Committee of the ABA’s Family Law Section
The Custody Committee's judges, family lawyers, and psychologists consider and deal with the all-important issue of child custody during and after div... Read more
New Study Finds Surprising Inconsistencies in Child Support Rates
A parent can pay almost three times as much as one who lives in a state just six hours away, despite their circumstances being otherwise equal. Read more
Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Family Law: a Quick Trip Down the Cryptocurrency Rabbit Hole
Do you really understand what the terms bitcoin, blockchain, and cryptocurrency mean? And do you know how to value cryptocurrency in divorce? Read more
Discovering and Seizing Non-Disclosed Cryptocurrency Assets in a Divorce
Non-disclosure of cryptocurrency during divorce remains largely untested in most jurisdictions, but it is likely to become far more common in the futu... Read more
Does Your Family Law Firm Have a Cybersecurity Strategy?
Most small family law firms don't have in-house IT staff to oversee cybersecurity, so how can lawyers protect themselves & their clients from cyber at... Read more
Discovering Hidden Income Using Personal Tax Returns
There are many ways to obscure & underreport income to the taxing authorities; reviewing tax returns can alert attorneys to the possibility of hidden... Read more
A Tale of Two Family Law Appeals
For the family lawyer, these cases illustrate the importance of creating and "protecting" the record in the course of a trial or other evidentiary hea... Read more
A Dog’s Breakfast: How Family Law Treats Dogs in a Divorce
Our laws must start reflecting the depth of attachment between people & their dogs by treating Fido more like a child than a couch when "pet-parents"... Read more
4 Tips to Prepare for a Successful Family Law Mediation
Use these tips to prepare yourself, your client, and your mediator for a successful family law mediation process. Read more
ADR Pros and Cons in Family Law Practice
If you’re considering adding some form of ADR to your family law practice, but want to learn more about it first, this article is for you. Read more
Family Lawyer Magazine’s Top 10 Most Read Articles of 2018
From social media as evidence to parental alienation, here's a list of our 10 most popular articles of 2018. Read more
Cyberstalking, Hacking, and Spyware in Family Law Cases
The realm of digital evidence in family law is going beyond custody and financial issues; there has been a rise in cases of cyberstalking, hacking, an... Read more
6 Ways to Prepare for Clients with Non-Cash Compensation
Post O’Brien v. O’Brien, here are 6 ways divorce lawyers can better prepare themselves when advising clients with substantial non-cash compensation. Read more
