As a divorce attorney in Louisiana, people are always asking me how to file for legal separation. Unlike other states, Louisiana does not recognize legal separation. In Louisiana, you are considered married until the time in which the Judge signs the final judgment of divorce. Generally there are two types of divorces. You can filed [...]
Working as an attorney in a family law practice in Baton Rouge, most people want to know what steps they need to take before filing for divorce. The top thing to consider is how you are going to stand financially both during and after the divorce. You must consider that you will be moving from [...]
A 58 year-old father, who seemed to have had a normal life before divorce proceedings, doused his body with gasoline and set himself on fire in the name of Father Rights. Thomas James Ball, like many men, went through divorce proceedings. Because he had children he automatically became linked to Child Support Recovery. He diligently paid his [...]
Is the new trend for venting your frustrations about your Ex? Will we see this in Baton Rouge? Social media has change the way we live and fight. Be careful, you may end up back in court. Steve Harvey’s ex-wife posted several videos on YouTube this weekend in which she alleges that the comedian and author was a [...]
Recently the San Francisco Chronicle reported on a story about social media use in the courtroom and specifically, in family law cases. A San Francisco family law firm warns social networking accounts and their activity are being used as evidence in divorce and child custody cases and that trend is on the rise. This is [...]
Let’s hope Baton Rouge does not see any yard sales like this one: a Wisconsin woman caused a traffic jam earlier this week by holding an “X-husband” sale in her front yard. She placed signs reading “X-HUSBAND SALE” and “FREE” in front of her house accompanied by piles of her ex’s belongings. But what really stopped [...]
A 33-year-old Knoxville, Tenn. man with 30 children appeared in court this week to ask the state for child-support help, Memphis news station WREG reported Wednesday. Desmond Hatchett has fathered 30 children — which is believed to be the record in Knox county, according to the Los Angeles Times – with 11 different women. His youngest children are toddlers [...]
For the longest time, we’ve been warned of the potential extramarital relations as it relates to bartenders and massage therapists, but thanks to a new study from Radford University, we now know the other 13 professions that are identified to have an elevated divorce rate. The study — based on U.S. Census Data — identified [...]
One Mexican law firm is making it possible to give the “gift” of divorce. According to SpringWise.com, Mexican law firm Abogados Postulantes en Sociedad hopes to convince the public that divorce doesn’t have to be difficult with its Libera Pass divorce gift card — a marketing tool to promote their new online divorce service. “We [...]
Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support than ever before, according to U.S. lawyers. As women climb higher up the career ladder and outpace their exes in salary, when love goes wrong and marriages break up they are being compelled to contribute to the [...]