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Custody battles can be some of the most emotional and draining aspects of a divorce. You want what's best for yourself certainly, but when your child becomes involved everything becomes heightened. (more…)
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Professionals like doctors, lawyers, dentists, CPAs, architects, and veterinarians face unique challenges when dividing property during a divorce. Often, professional practices are the most valuable assets in divorce settlements and deserve substantial legal attention. Attorneys and accountants must take both tangible and intangible assets into account when arriving at a valuation. While the nature of a practice’s tangible assets (such as property and revenue) may be apparent, intangible a...
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Personality Disorders in Divorce Many divorce lawyers react with skepticism when clients claim that their spouse suffers from borderline personality disorder. However, in high conflict litigation, many parties demonstrate some kind of personality disorder. Frequently, the behaviors that arise from these conditions are key to a divorce suit. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms and signs of Borderline Personality Disorder include: An intense fear of abandonment, even going to extreme me...
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Parental alienation occurs when one parent attempts to create a relationship with their children that excludes the other parent from their lives. When done effectively, the children get to a point where they refuse visitation or any contact at all with the alienated parent and express only negative feelings about them. Parental alienation is very different from when children no longer want to maintain contact with a parent who physically, emotionally, or sexually abused them. In alienation...
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1. Personality Disorders in Divorce As divorce lawyers, we get told all the time “my spouse has a personality disorder.” While some lawyers may roll their eyes at this, it’s actually often the case that in high conflict litigation one of the parties does indeed have a personality disorder. After all, oftentimes that’s the very reason the divorce or custody case is conflict – one of the parents has a disconnect from reality or sees the world in a certain, harmful way, and the othe...
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