Since my return to the private practice of law in late 2018/early 2019, I have noticed many changes since my last foray into managing client expectations as a lawyer in the mid-2000s. The reliance of everyday people on the information they obtain from internet, from social media, and from popular opinion, has resulted in a [...]
Introduction Over the past year or so, I have had the chance to speak with many colleagues about their current cases, and we have agreed that 2024 has been a rather challenging year for many of us, professionally speaking. In any given year, there will be cases that I agree to take on, and other [...]
One would think that, after more than 30 years of practicing family law, I have seen it all. I have seen a lot - trust me - and very little surprises me anymore, but I have not seen it all. A growing trend that I have seen of late is the expectation of many that [...]
Introduction As we embark on another school year, I have received a few calls of late from both former clients and from prospective new clients about their child support obligation to their children who have turned 18. People have told them that their child support ends automatically when the child turns 18 years old, and [...]
Introduction In July 2023, I wrote a blog about poor communication involving lawyers with their clients, lawyers with other lawyers, and judges with the parties. A year has gone by, and I felt that I had just scratched the surface about poor communication and its impact on family law matters. As with any relationship, whether [...]
When lawyers plead cases and settle cases in family law, we are generally focused on the major issues that our clients are facing, namely, decision-making responsibility, parenting time, child support, spousal support, property issues and a restraining order. These issues take up most of our time and effort, but we are often confronted with the [...]
As I approach the end of my 50s, I sometimes reflect on the work I have done for my clients, and I truly hoped they know that I tried my best to represent their interests. When I was a young lawyer, I did not have the wealth of experience that I now have, but I [...]
In my last blog, I wrote about the how the “boomer generation” is getting older and that we are seeing the largest transfer of wealth in history. I focused that blog on transfers of property between married spouses, and between parents and children, for tax purposes, for business purposes, for inheritance purposes, or simply for [...]
As the “boomer generation” gets older, we have been told that we will see the largest transfer of wealth in history. We don’t have to wait for the future – it’s already here - some of that wealth transfer is happening right now. In family law cases, we are seeing older parents transfer some of [...]
In recent communications I have had with family law lawyer colleagues on social media, one of the issues that has come up is the reference to parental alienation in family law cases: how often it comes up, when it comes up, how judges treat, etc. It is one of those terms that is used so [...]
