Last week the Seattle Weekly ran a cover story detailing a supposed “systemic bias” against men in King County’s family court system.
In a rebuttal article – currently posted on Slog, the blog for Seattle’s other weekly, The Stranger – Rao & Pierce managing partner Christopher Rao takes issue with the article’s conclusions, arguing that decisions in family court…
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to be in Washington D.C. during the running of the “Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life” exhibition at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition was wide-ranging in scale, but of particular interest to me was the portion describing Lincoln’s 23-year career as a “prairie lawyer” in Springfield, Illinois. I was…
Divorce can be an especially painful process for parents with infants. In addition to the stress and emotion of caring for a new baby, the parents also have to adapt to living apart and co-parenting under less-than-ideal circumstances. And, unlike older children who are capable of expressing their feelings verbally, it can be difficult for parents to determine how their…
My wife and I got married a month ago. While we were on our honeymoon, I discovered text messages on my wife’s phone which led me to suspect that she’d been unfaithful to me just days before our wedding. I confronted her about it, and she admitted that she cheated on me for much of our 3 year relationship. …
Colorado-based family law attorney Edra J. Pollin has posted some excellent advice bout what not to do during your divorce trial on the Huffington Post’s Divorce blog.
Several of Pollin’s tips could all be said to generally fall under “treat the court with respect” category: dress appropriately, pay attention to the proceedings, do not roll your eyes in response to…
A judge in a Connecticut divorce case has ordered a feuding husband and wife to provide the passwords to their individual Facebook accounts to each others’ attorney. The couple is engaged in a child custody battle, and according to the husband’s attorney, the wife’s Facebook account may contain messages or other information that reflect poorly on her parenting. The wife…
Legislators in Mexico City have come up with a unique solution to help citizens avoid the “torturous process of divorce” (as one assemblyman put it): marriage licenses that could expire in a minimum of two years, depending on the preferences of the bride and groom. This would, according to the drafters of the legislation, allow couples to simply decline to…
Last month, the U.S. Census Bureau released Marital Events of Americans: 2009, which takes a look at marriage, divorce and widowhood in all 50 states. According to the report, the average rate of divorce across the U.S. is 9.2 per 1000 men aged15 and over, and 9.7 per 1000 woman aged 15 and over. The report reveals that Southern…
Henry Silverman is not your average mega-millionaire. In addition to being a fabulously wealthy and prominent New York financier, he is also – at least according to three psychologists hired by his legal team – an innate genius. Unfortunately, it looks like that is not going to prevent his soon-to-be-ex-wife from walking away with some portion of his massive wealth.…
Then you should cross massage therapist, bartender, and dancer off your list of potential mates – according to one study anyway. Researchers at Radford University recently released a study which claims to identify the 15 occupations that make one most likely to get divorced. According to the study massage therapist, bartender, and dancer come out as the top three…
