Blog Posts in June, 2012
Posted on Jun 27, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
In North Carolina, same-sex marriage is not legal. As well, second parent adoptions are not recognized or practiced in the state. The combination of these two laws makes a terrifying case for same-sex ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
Back in 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court undertook a case that dealt with grandparent visitation rights. The famous case is known as Troxel vs. Gainville and caused The Supreme Court to review a case from ...
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Posted on Jun 25, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
One of the top reasons for divorce is because of financial crisis’ that cannot be satisfied through various means. However, one study in The Fiscal Times shows that some couples who go through ...
Continue reading "Couples that Save Together have Longer Marriages" »
Posted on Jun 21, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
When your child graduates, promotes, or wins an award, you want to be there to celebrate with them. Naturally your child probably wants to spend time with you during this important part of their life. ...
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Posted on Jun 19, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
If you recently divorced from your husband or you have separated from him recently, you probably realize that there are a lot of things that are hard to do on your own. It’s not as easy to hang ...
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Posted on Jun 18, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
Living together after you and your spouse divorce isn’t ideal. It’s also very rare. Sometimes for financial reasons, a couple may need to reside together as platonic roommates before one ...
Continue reading "Living Together After Divorce: How to Handle the Pressures" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
Father’s Day is almost here, but some dads aren’t celebrating the fact that they support a household of children. In fact, some fathers didn’t even want to parents in the first ...
Continue reading "What Dads Need to Know Child Support" »
Posted on Jun 14, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
Chances are that you and your spouse have had arguments that your children are aware of. Even at a young age, children are able to comprehend when something is wrong between mom and dad. The tension ...
Continue reading "What to do When Your Children Witness a Fight" »
Posted on Jun 13, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
A new study shows that military marriages seem to have a tenacity that helps couples to overcome the challenges they face. Even though there are more long-term overseas deployments at present then ...
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Posted on Jun 12, 2012 By Meyers Law Group
In 1996, Courtney Cox and David Arquette met on the scene of the thriller Scream. They fell in love and married three years later. Yet in their past 12 years of marriage, things have turned from sweet ...
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Posted on Jun 11, 2012 By The Meyers Law Group PC
If you are in a situation where your spouse is not upholding court ordered responsibilities, don't let him or her get away with it. Whatever the court decided when you began your divorce has ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2012 By Kylie Dempsey
If you're filing for a divorce right now, you're not alone. Lots of celebrities also split form their spouses after spending years together. It's hard to stay faithful to someone and be ...
Continue reading "Danica McKellar Files for Divorce" »
Posted on Jun 7, 2012 By New York Family Lawyer
In Louisiana, the state government upholds the marriage restrictions set in place by the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA.) This Act was employed into law in Clinton's presidency and states that ...
Continue reading "Family Research Council Concerned by Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony" »
Posted on Jun 6, 2012 By New York Divorce Lawyer
It may be called wedlock, but the truth is that there is a key to set you free from marriage that you can employ at almost any time. That key is called divorce, and it's a way to move on should ...
Continue reading "Locked into Wedlock? Homosexual Couples Denied Divorce" »
Posted on Jun 5, 2012 By New York Family Lawyer
The star of the new hit T.V. show Smash, Debra Messing, recently filed for a divorce from her husband of nine and a half years, Daniel Zelman. The couple chose to emotionally part ways almost two ...
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Posted on Jun 4, 2012 By New York Divorce Lawyer
Most everyone knows that the divorce rate in America is at 50 percent, but are you aware of the divorce rates in other parts of the world? According to the Huffington Post, the United Kingdom's ...
Continue reading "Divorce Across the Oceans: The United Kingdom" »
Posted on Jun 2, 2012 By Long Island Family Lawyer
The case of a mother that reportedly killed herself made headlines last year in Salt Lake City, Utah. Now her family is garnering media attention once again as her son fights to have his siblings ...
Continue reading "Son Challenges Father's Custody of Siblings after Mother Dies" »
Posted on Jun 1, 2012 By Long Island Family Lawyer
Mitt Romney, a Republican presidential candidate for 2012, made an attempt to gain the Evangelical vote last week by talking about same-sex marriage. As the commencement speaker for this year's ...
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