Posted on January 26, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 23, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 22, 2013 in Family Law

According to the Duluth News Tribune, John Butler has more than his fair share of appearances in front of a judge. Although only 28 years old, has a very long history of cases in the court. He has been convicted in cases including drug offenses, domestic violence and several drinking and driving offenses.

His court meeting in front of Judge Eugene Harrington was of a different sort. He pled no contest to a felony failure to pay his ordered child support for more than four months. This offense was committed in 2011. He was recently sentenced to two years probation with several stiff stipulations. One of the stipulations that was placed on Butler was that within three minutes of making acquaintance with a female he must divulge to her not only that he is a convicted felon but also that he is in arrears with his child support. He is also ordered not to conceive any more children until he has paid all of his back child support. He also has several other standard conditions of his probation to follow such as remaining employed full time, keeping up with his child support payments, remaining sober and attending all required counseling sessions.

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 Posted on January 20, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 17, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 16, 2013 in Family Law

Divorcées are rarely over the moon about their split, not even when they have actually been on the moon. While this celebrity divorce is no exception in that sense, Buzz Aldrin's divorce settlement with his third wife, Lois Driggs Cannon, unlike some other celebrity splits, is not a story of a brutal court battle over millions of dollars in assets. The Huffington Post divorce section reported a story on the case.

The 82-year-old former astronaut, who was the second man to walk on moon, ended up with having to give up half of a $475,000 bank account and a monthly $9,500 in spoucal support. According to the New York Daily News, this means nearly half of Aldrin's fortune. The couple's divorce was finalized on December 28, 2012.

Aldrin filed for divorce back in June 2011, wanting to end a 23-year marriage because on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. As mentioned earlier, this was Aldrin's third marriage. The astronaut was married to Joan Archer and Beverly Zile before being married to Cannon for almost a quarter of a century.

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 Posted on January 14, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 11, 2013 in Personal Injury

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 Posted on January 10, 2013 in Family Law

Divorce is never easy, especially right after the holidays with the New Year looming. On the other hand, the New Year is a great opportunity for new beginnings, and if you’re considering divorce as one of this year’s resolutions, the most important first step is to contact an experienced divorce attorney. “It’s no surprise that January sees more divorce filings than any other month,” according to Forbes. And, as reported in a recent Forbes article, there are several things to do to get your finances in order before beginning divorce proceedings that will make the process much smoother. This is especially important for women, whose financial situation can often be more precarious than a man’s after divorce.

The first of these is to gather all financial documents. The mail can be chock full of year-end statements from all sorts of financial institutions this time of year, and it’s important, especially for women, to make copies of these and give them to a trusted relative. “Having important documents on hand early in the divorce process means you avoid any possible unpleasantness (not to mention time and expense) trying to get copies of them later,” according to Forbes. In the same vein, keep a close eye on credit card statements, and be sure that you have as good a credit score as possible.

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 Posted on January 09, 2013 in Personal Injury

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