Blog Posts in August, 2015

Custody of Frozen Embryos After Divorce

There are several cases pending in California courts that will soon decide a very modern problem for married couples: which member of a divorced couple gets control (or custody) of their previously frozen embryos? For one San Francisco couple, this decision has been hotly contested. Dr. Mimi Lee and Stephen Findley met while attending Harvard. They were married in 2010, but just before the ...

Kelly Rutherford Custody Battle

International custody is a popular topic among the celebrity gossip magazines recently, focusing on the custody battle between United States citizen and actress Kelly Rutherford and her ex-husband, German businessman, Daniel Girsch, over their two minor children. Rutherford and Giersch currently share custody, but Rutherford has been trying to move the children home to the United States ...

Ex Parte Hearings

In an area of practice like family law , many of the issues are highly sensitive, making the experience very emotional and uncomfortable for the parties. Many new family law litigants wish to get through these issues as quickly as possible, and may demand that a court hear them out immediately. Most are shocked at the amount of time it takes for the parties to negotiate the issues, or for the ...

Responding to a Divorce Petition

Getting served with a Petition for Divorce is not a pleasant experience for anyone. Although you may have expected the Petition for some time, receiving and reading through the Petitioner’s requests can still be very frustrating and cumbersome. Fortunately, Responding to a divorce Petition will allow the responding party to shape his or her side of the story and make requests of his or her own. ...