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Law Office Operational Time Line, Excerpt from How to Build and Manage a Family Law Practice, by Mark A. Chinn. Read more
Past performance should be utilized as errors in applying the Guideline Company Method will result in erroneous estimates of a firm’s fair market value. Read more
One of the creative uses of a revocable interest pertains to assigning benefits that terminate upon the passage of time or the happening of a certain event. Read more
The designation of a "Contingent Alternate Payees" does not violate IRC Section 414(p) or ERISA and is an assignment under the term assignment in the Treas. Read more
Meaning of the Rivero II opinion: Each parent must have physical custody of the child at least 40 percent of the time, which is 146 days per year. Read more
Meaning of the Rivero II: Determining the normal time share, and apportioning it between the parents in accordance with their supervision of the child. Read more
Over the past five years or so there has been increasing tendency in family law disputes to use a hybrid mediation-arbitration process. This brief paper will attempt to explain how mediation... Read more
QDROs can be used to secure child support and security interests in a participant’s qualified plan benefits to the non-participant spouse. Read more
Information on how to deal with impaired clients, professionals and judges, and description of the programs for the treatment of impaired individuals. Read more
A guide for how family law attorneys deal with impaired individuals, whether they are their clients, their opposing counsel, or the judges before whom they practice. Part 2: Mood and Persona... Read more
