For several military parents a deployment to serve their country can cost them dearly in a custody battle.  While parts of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act applies to military child custody cases, granting more time for troops to respond and prohibiting judgments against parents while they are deployed, there has  been a movement for [...]

Following closely on Iowa’s tail, Vermont has become the fourth state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage, with a legislative override of the Governor’s veto.  Same-sex marriages are now legally recognized in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa, and Vermont.

In a ground breaking decision last Friday, Iowa became the third state to allow same-sex marriages.  In Varnum v. Brien the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a statute limiting civil marriage to one woman and one man violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution.  Because the decision was based on the state [...]

Not that this comes as a surprise… but a a New York court has denied a husband’s request that his soon-to-be-ex wife return a donated kidney or pay him for the value as part of the divorce.
When this case first made headlines, many divorce lawyers wondered if this was some sort of hoax and started [...]

Many media outlets are reporting a fall in divorce rates due to today’s troubled economy (see: Hitched to the Economy: Divorce rates drop as couples realize it’s cheaper to stay together and ‘I just want to leave him, but I can’t afford it.’  Unhappy couples staying together as economy makes divorcing too costly.)  There may [...]

In the files of weird, but true…  The divorce of a British couple is making headlines around the world for the involvement of a “virtual affair.”  The couple, who ironically first met in an online chat room and bonded over their love of the online game Second Life (where players create characters and interact with [...]

Last week Washington became the second state to allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminally ill patients.  Voters approved an assisted suicide measure that would allow doctors to prescribe lethal doses of medication for terminally ill patient.  See the Seattle Times article here.

Tuesday is Election Day.  Over the last few weeks we have been inundated with commercials, mailings, phone calls, and maybe even a personal visit or two telling us why we should (or should not) vote for this person for President, Congress, Senate, Mayor, City Council, etc.  But few people remember that when they go to [...]

An online divorce service has closed up shop in Washington after the state’s Attorney General’s Office determined that the company was violating state law by essentially providing paralegal services without the oversight of an attorney licensed in Washington state.  Check out the article from seattlepi.com here.

Just as I have been working on a series of blog posts on the new Minnesota Child Support Guidelines, the Startribune comes out with an interesting article: “New Child Support Rules Spark Backlash.”  I suppose I’ll use this article and kick off a week dedicated to child support blog posts.
While this article does provide some [...]