Adoptions: Stepparent adoption considerations
Any proceeding involving the termination of parental rights is rightfully complex. Stepparent adoptions are complicated, too, but they’re one of the least acrimonious aspects of family law and can be a lot of fun for…
Common Divorce Myth: Mothers always get custody of the kids
Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re going to dispel a mother-centered family law myth. In a word, the response to the notion that mothers always will get custody of the children is: Nope. Oregon…
New Case Law: Spousal support and a well-drafted judgment
In Oregon, the court may award three different types of spousal support, depending on the facts of a case. The court can award transitional support to allow a spouse to obtain education or re-enter the…
New Case Law: Owning real property with parents
It’s not uncommon for married couples to own property in conjunction with the husband or wife’s parents. Sometimes the property is titled in the name of the parents and the child going through the divorce,…
News: Custody disputes extend to animals
In dissolution of marriage cases and any type of custody case, we automatically assume that the parties have a dispute over the custody of their children. Sometimes, though, the parties may be interested in settling…
Common Divorce Myths, Part I
Often people arrive at a family law attorney’s office with some preconceived notions about what will happen during their divorce proceeding. Sometimes these ideas come from friends or family who have gone through a divorce…
News: One way to reconcile
CNN reports today that a couple about to divorce reconciled after the wife donated one of her kidneys to her almost-ex-husband when he required a transplant. Not precisely the ordinary course of things in a…
New Case Law: Honesty is the best policy
In Oregon, when going through any sort of support proceeding (child or spousal), the parties are required to complete what’s known as the USA, short for Uniform Support Affidavit. Completing this can be about as…
News: Stay At Home Moms Should Earn $138,095
Salary.com calculates a stay-at-home-mom’s annual income – as a child care provider, housekeeper, cook, computer technician, janitor, facilities manager, and driver – at $138,095 a year, based on an average 92-hour work week. Legally speaking,…
Out of state: Working with a long-distance lawyer
Going through a divorce is never an easy experience, no matter how amicable the parties might be throughout the process. When the divorce is contested, it’s a lot harder. Multiply that by a hundred, and…
