Category: Dissolution
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…
Out of state: how does Oregon get jurisdiction over my divorce?
A court in Oregon needs two types of jurisdiction in order to hear a dissolution of marriage (divorce) case and to make it stick. The first type of jurisdiction is personal jurisdiction, which means the…
Do I need a lawyer for my divorce?
I’m asked all the time: “Do I need a lawyer for my divorce case?” There’s no simple answer to this question. Oregon doesn’t have a law that forces you to hire a lawyer in a…
