Divorce Tech: Web cams and long distance parenting
If you move after a divorce or custody case, how can you preserve your relationship with your children? We live in a mobile society. After a divorce case, sometimes parents move across town, to another…
I’m going to get divorced, should I sell my home first?
As an Oregon divorce lawyer a large part of my job is figuring out how best to deal with divorcing parties’ family home and other real property. In most cases, the family home is a…
Multnomah CourtCare: A great service and a worthy cause
As a divorce and family law lawyer, I am in the position to see the impact of court and the divorce process on children. It is bad enough that some parents put children in the…
Top 10 list: Top 10 ways to keep your kids out of the middle of your divorce or custody case
In divorce and filiation cases involving custody of children, frequently the children suffer most. As divorce and family law lawyers, we have seen the good, bad, and the ugly of well meaning parents putting the…
New Case Law: Attorney Fees – Bankruptcy and Divorce
As a Portland Oregon divorce law firm, Stephens & Margolin LLP is dedicated to keeping up to date on Oregon Court of Appeals and Oregon Supreme Court opinions. As a service of The Oregon Divorce…
News: how NOT to divide your property after trial.
Divorce usually involves a division of property. ORS 107.107(1)(f) describes what kind of property can be divided by the court. The question of how property should be divided is tricky. Do you swap an asset…
Martial Settlement Agreements – How to work things out before filing for divorce
I often have clients ask me how they can lock in an agreement with their spouse regarding how to divide up their assets in an impending divorce. Most times these clients have not yet filed…
New Case Law: Attorney Fees – Arbitration vs. Appeal
As a Portland Oregon divorce lawyer, it is important to keep up to date on Oregon Court of Appeals and Oregon Supreme Court opinions. As a service of The Oregon Divorce Blog, we will be…
Divorce Myths: The differences bewteen an annulment, legal separation, and a divorce
As a divorce lawyer practicing in Portland, Oregon, one common myth I hear is that annulments offer substantially different relief than divorces. Another version of the myth is that legal separations offer substantially different relief…
Divorce Myths: The court will want to hear about my spouse’s fault.
Many clients, in the first meeting, ask me what effect will their spouse’s bad acts have on the case. We hear about many human problems, from alcohol and drug addiction to abuse to adultery. We…
