By Brad LaMorgese Today’s celebrity-driven media might be forgiven for pouncing on every little detail in the recent divorce filings between movie stars Johnny Depp and Amber…
In 1983, the Uniform Law Commissioners (ULC) enacted the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act…
Big family law news today! The Texas Supreme Court (in an opinion authored by Justice Willett) in Ochsner held today that direct child support payments, not made through the state…
Tip 10 Set up a roadmap for the litigation. Every executive should have a solid strategic plan. In many ways, a divorce can have so many aspects that trying to…
Tip 9 Identify tax consequences on assets and fringe benefits. It used to be that known tax consequences could not be taken into consideration when dividing assets in a divorce.
Tip 8 Fight the good fight, not the dumb fight. This is along the lines of Tip 7. Is the ultimate goal a reasonable goal with any chance of success?…
Tip 7 Be extremely clear about your objectives and then listen to the lawyer. Any person going through a stressful divorce will find it hard to communicate. In divorce, we…
Tip 6 Hire a board-certified lawyer with sufficient staff and resources. A busy executive needs an excellent, experienced family law attorney. If the executive has a particularly large estate with…
