Posted on March 06, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on March 03, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on March 02, 2013 in Family Law

The number of divorces in America dropped because of the recession, according to a recent article in the Washington Post. “With housing values depressed and jobs disappearing, divorce has become a luxury beyond the reach of some couples,” according to the Post. Divorce is expensive, and many estranged couples are choosing to stay together rather than weather the economic storm. Many couples, according to the Post, are going through a separation while still living together, and are unable to move forward.

This can result in all sorts of new tensions for divorcing couples in addition to the traditional tensions divorce has always spawned. As the Washington Post asks, “How do they start over if debt is all that’s left to divide?” The number of divorcing couples that went through bankruptcy rose since 2008, as the number of divorces decreased.

According to U.S. Census Bureau’s National Marriage Project and the Washington Post, “divorce rates showed a decline in 2008, the first year of the recession, when 838,000 cases were granted at a time when growing economic strain might have produced a spike in divorce.” In 1960, there were 9.2 divorces in the U.S. per 1,000 married women 15 and older. In 2008, there were only 16.9, despite the overall rise in percentage of divorced couples and massive spike of divorces during the 1980s and 1990s. Analysts suggest this is due to the economic downturn.

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 Posted on February 28, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on February 28, 2013 in Family Law

In Portland, Oregon, the attorneys for the father of a missing boy, Kyron Horman, have asked the court for a delay in the divorce proceedings from the boy’s stepmother, Terri Moulton Horman.

Kaine Horman filed for divorce from Terri in June 2010, less than a month after his 7-year-old son vanished from him Portland school. There have not been any arrests made related to Kyron’s disappearance, but Kaine Horman and Kyron’s biological mother believe that Terri Horman knows what happened to the boy.

After the most recent hearing, Kaine said that he wanted the delay to allow the criminal investifation to proceed without any interference and to protect with 4-year-old daughter.

Kaine Horman told The Oregonian, “We’re doing the absolute best we can. She puts a smile on our faces every day.”

One attorney on the case questioned how the court could decide what the best interest of the couple’s daughter was without first knowing whether or now Terri Horman was responsible for Kyron’s disappearance.

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 Posted on February 25, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on February 23, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on February 21, 2013 in Family Law

It is getting tougher and tougher each day. How much more can either party take? Whether it be fighting, ignoring or just being indifferent, the marriage has dissolved itself and now is the time to do it legally. Getting a divorce isn’t in anyone’s ideal plan, but in some cases, it has to happen. However, a divorce isn’t as easy as 1-2-3.

Lawyers and courts are very detailed oriented. You will be asked many questions over and over but in different ways. You will feel like it will never end; however, there are things you can confidently go in knowing and being prepared with in such meetings.

Prior to officially filing for divorce, your lawyer will need information to make sure all paperwork can be done properly. Simple information such as both spouses’ names, birth dates and social security numbers are an obvious; but, then there is information on children. Names, birth dates and other information about children you have together and from previous relationships will be needed. In order to make sure the courts have all of the required information to make a wise decision it is important to gather that up.

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 Posted on February 20, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on February 17, 2013 in Personal Injury

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