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Mar 19
2010

Ask a Divorce Lawyer topics for March 19: Pregnancy during divorce; business owners, tax returns and child support calculations; custody issues while deployed

Posted by Matt Allen in taxes , pregnancy , paternity , Nancy Shannon , military , Jennifer Paine , deployment , custody , Cordell Cordell, PC , child support calculators , Child Support , business , Ask A Lawyer

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

  • My fiancee is still legally married. Can she even get a divorce while she is pregnant with my child? If she can't and she has the child while she is still legally married, would the child be considered mine?
  • Regarding child support calculations, are there any ways around submitting tax returns for a closely held business?
Mar 01
2010

Ask a Divorce Lawyer topics for March 1: Debt and marital property; bankruptcy; mutual determination of child support; how affairs affect parenting and support decisions; moving out of state; grandparents and custody; custody overseas; jurisdiction

Posted by Matt Allen in parenting time , Nancy Shannon , move out of state , Modification , military , marital property , jurisdiction , Jennifer Paine , Jason Bowman , inheritance , Infidelity , grandparents , deployment , debt , custody , Cordell Cordell, PC , Child Support , bankruptcy , Ask A Lawyer , Affairs

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

  • If she gets an equity loan on her gifted property, will that debt also be my debt in divorce?
  • Do I and my ex wife have to file bankruptcy together or apart?
  • In order to keep the house, can we settle on a child support payment amount that is less than the Friend of Court would determine?
  • Is infidelity ever taken into account when awarding parenting time or child support?
  • Is it considered kidnapping if the father does not consent to his children moving?
  • Can grandparents seek custody?
  • Can I ask to be my niece's legal guardian even if I'm stationed overseas?
  • Where should I file the modification if I don't live where the divorce took place?
Feb 10
2010

Ask a Divorce Lawyer topics for Feb. 10: Child support and unemployment; paternity and child support; maintenance costs and length of marriage; divorce and foreign citizens; military custody battles; mediation agreements

Posted by Matt Allen in unemployment , paternity , Nancy Shannon , military , mediator , Maintenance , Jennifer Paine , international , Erica Christian , deployment , custody battle , Cordell Cordell, PC , Child Support , Ask A Lawyer

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

  • I'm currently unemployed but will start a job soon. Is my child support determined by my current unemployed status or by my pending future salary?
  • My ex came after me for child support for a child that is 14 years old and I’m not sure is mine. What can I do?
  • Is it true that it is against the law to make a provision for the support of children over the age of 18?
  • My ex wife filed a motion for order permitting travel to Brazil with the kids. I'm afraid she won't return. What can I do to stop her?
  • How is maintenance calculated?
  • The judge granted our request to dismiss our uncontested divorce. Does this mean the mediation agreement is null and void as well?

 

Feb 04
2010

DadsDivorce Live: Military custody battles with Michael Robinson

Posted by Matt Allen in video , military service , deployment , DadsDivorce Live , custody battle , custody , Cordell Cordell, PC

DadsDivorce Live host Rick Ortiz talks with Fathers & Families' legislative representative Michael Robinson, who worked with Mark Sullivan of the American Bar Association on federal military parent legislation. 

Thanks in part to their work, the National Defense Reauthorization Act (HR 2647), which was signed by President Obama in October 2009, mandates that the Secretary of Defense produce a report on child custody litigation involving members of the Armed Forces, as well as international intrafamilial abductions of servicemembers’ children.

The Secretary of Defense will submit its report to the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives by the end of March. This problem affects both fathers and mothers who serve. If you are a military mother or father whose custody rights have been adversely affected due to your service, make sure your story is included in the Secretary of Defense’s report.

You can learn more about the Fathers & Families organization at www.fathersandfamilies.org.

 

 

Feb 04
2010

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: My wife is pregnant with another man's baby, won't give me a divorce, and won't let me move out with our daughter. What can I do?

Posted by Matt Allen in Separation , military , Jennifer Paine , deployment , Cordell Cordell, PC , Children , Ask A Lawyer , Affairs

Question: I am in the Army. My wife and I have been separated for almost two years mostly due to my deployments. My wife is now pregnant with another man’s baby, who she is now living with. 

Our daughter is 12 years old and wants to come live with me. But my wife is prohibiting her from coming to live with me and for some reason she won’t give me a divorce. 

What can I do?