Yesterday, Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt agreed to a new spousal support arrangement. Frank McCourt will continue to pay the same amount of monthly spousal support, but funds used to pay for the mortgages of six homes will now come from an escrow account. Despite...
Ever wonder whether you will have access to funds derived from your former spouse's Ponzi scheme? One woman from New York did, but the woman's divorce occurred before the husband's federal fraud investigation began. Clearly whether money derived from a Ponzi scheme...
During our last post we began to talk about what parents can do to minimize conflict after divorce. According to a recent study, the amount of conflict between divorced parents is one of the best predictors of how children will fare after their parents' divorce. We...
This summer, family crisis centers in Texas have seen a dramatic increase in the number of domestic violence victims seeking shelter and assistance. While it is not entirely clear what has caused the rise in domestic violence victims this summer, a combination of...
Individuals get divorced for a number of reasons but the general theme is that two individuals who once thought they were compatible no longer are a good match. When parents divorce the choice affects more than the divorcing individuals and many parents worry how...
Last time we talked about a child support ruling involving Jon Cryer and his former wife Sarah Trigger Cryer. Additional child custody legal news has come out of California this week as Mel Gibson and his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva have reached a child...
A late life divorce is forcing an elderly woman out of her home. The woman worked over the last 30 years to pay off the home's mortgage while her husband was in jail. On release from jail the woman's husband filed for a divorce and now the woman may be forced out of...
Like non-celebrities, Hollywood actors and actresses have to deal with the up's and down's of family law and divorce. One such instance is a child support ruling involving actor Jon Cryer of "Two and a Half Men" fame and his former wife Sarah Trigger Cryer. A...
A child custody battle based in Texas can be hard enough for both parents to endure and to resolve, but imagine a child custody battle based in a foreign country where the local laws are skewed against fathers and the country has declined to provide a remedy for...
A Texas father who lost child custody of his son ten years ago regained child custody of his son recently because of a ruling by the Texas Supreme Court. It turns out the son performed better in school while he was spending time with his father. A lower court ruled...