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Apr 01
2009

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Tell Your Attorney Everything

Posted by Rick Ortiz in pot , Holly Hearn , gambling , discovery , Cordell Cordell, PC , attorney client relationship

A family law attorney explains why full-disclosure is important to your case.

By Holly Hearn, J.D. of Cordell & Cordell, PC

Your relationships with prior wives, girlfriends, or current partners will be put under a microscope by an adversary.

A few months ago, I was headed to a Temporary Orders hearing in one of my divorce cases, and I stepped onto the elevator with the attorney representing the other spouse in the case. I noticed that the attorney was pulling a dolly behind her, but I dismissed it as evidence for an unrelated case since I had been told by my client that he had no “skeletons in the closet” and my research seemed to verify his position...

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Jan 10
2009

Understanding Discovery: Interrogatories and the Request for Documents

Posted by Dads Divorce in strategy , Jill Rauk Daughtery , discovery , Cordell Cordell, PC

by Jill Rauk Daugherty

Once your divorce case has commenced, your focus should be on obtaining and organizing information in preparation for trial. To be properly prepared for trial, you must know the strengths and weaknesses of your own case, but you must also analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your spouse’s case. The tools that assist you in obtaining the necessary information to make this analysis are generally called “discovery.” 

 

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Nov 21
2008

Consequences To Not Responding To Discovery Requests

Posted by Rick Ortiz in Legal Strategy , Law , Erik Carter , divorce , discovery , Cordell Cordell, PC

by Erik Carter, JD, Cordell & Cordell, PC

The discovery process is one of the most important parts of your family law litigation.  You may have sent Interrogatories and Requests To Produce Documents to your ex, and you may have to answer these same discovery requests.  But what if you don’t want to respond to them? Or what if she never responds to your requests?  Do the questions and requests just hang out there, unanswered? Or are there are consequences?

 

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Nov 27
2007

Tips to Avoid Financial Divorce Mistakes

Posted by Dads Divorce in tips , finances , divorce , division , discovery

By: Leah Hoffman

Your marriage is going though a divorce and that can be personally and financially messy.  During the divorce proceedings it is important to avoid making financial mistakes.  Forbes came out with a list of tips in helping to avoiding making those financial mistakes.

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Jun 11
2007

Determining the Marital Value of a Small Business

Posted by Dads Divorce in Ken McRae , discovery , Cordell Cordell, PC , business valuation

By: Kenneth McRae

One of the purposes of a divorce case is to divide the assets and debts acquired by the parties during the marriage.  In order to make an equitable distribution it is necessary to determine the value of the marital assets and debts.  This task can be difficult in even the simplest case.  When the parties own a small business, however, the task is even more difficult.  Often, the parties will have to hire an expert to appraise the value of the business.  If the parties cannot agree on whom to hire they may each end up hiring their own expert and a judge may ultimately have to decide the value of the business.

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