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What impact will divorce have on your estate plan?
Nevada is one of nine community property states. That means, if you get divorced in Nevada, the assets acquired over the course of the marriage are regarded as community property to be equally divided, unless there is clear and convincing proof to the contrary. Likewise, debts acquired during the marriage are presumed community debts…. Read More »
Divorce: It is never really final (for parents)
It isn’t over until it’s over. The timeless wisdom of Yogi Berra applies not only to baseball, but also to divorce involving parents. The vast majority of parents care about their level of involvement in their kids’ lives. They don’t allow divorce to deter them from being a loving, involved mom or a loving,… Read More »
More than one-quarter of U.S. children exposed to violence
More than one out of every four U.S. children are victims or witnesses. That’s the figure researchers have found in a recently released study of violence. The study released in the journal Pediatrics said more than 17 million children “are witnesses to, or victims of, assaults with weapons,” Reuters reports. Those experiences can be… Read More »
Think a prenup can’t be challenged? Think again
You would be remiss to think that a prenuptial agreement is an impenetrable contract that simply can’t be challenged. The prenup has a complicated history, and there are perceptions and myths about this critical piece of marriage and divorce law. But if there is one thing that a prenuptial agreement isn’t, it is impregnable…. Read More »
The many ways in which social media can burn you during divorce
The temptation is always there now when something shocking or upsetting happens to you. You want to go on to Facebook or Twitter and rant your feelings away into cyberspace. You want to type the words so fast and with such ferocity that the keyboard nearly breaks. You want to use ALL CAPS to… Read More »
Biological quirk results in fraternal twins with different dads
A peculiar news story regarding paternity test results grabbed national attention recently and it’s one even residents here in Nevada may have heard about. Most people marveled at how easily biology can give us amiss and present us with scenarios we could only imagine happening in a fiction book. People from the legal community… Read More »
Father’s Day is 24 hours long; fatherhood is a lifetime
You might have fond childhood memories of Father’s Day. Making a card for Dad out of construction paper and paste and then coloring it with crayons. And there was your father, smiling as he got yet another tie or set of cufflinks. Today’s celebrations of dadhood can be more complicated. Divorced fathers sometimes have… Read More »
Time travel
When you go to the Clark County Courts’ website looking for help with family law disputes, it’s like traveling backwards in time. It appears to be about 1998 or so, a time when websites consisted mainly of plain text, a stock photo or two and a few boxes to highlight more plain text. While… Read More »
Coincidence? Maybe not
Back in 1960, John F. Kennedy eked out victory in a tough campaign for the presidency over Richard M. Nixon. The young, handsome president with a beautiful wife and adorable little girl (soon to be accompanied by her adorable little brother) charmed the nation. Was it coincidence that the marriage rate in 1960 was… Read More »
Is this the equivalent of 1,788,000 tweets?
Experts say we read 300 wpm. So that first sentence took about a second for the average person to read. In that second, 6,000 tweets were sent out, 5,000 social profiles were updated, 4,000 photos posted and 500 blogs put online. The same information wave rippled across the internet in each of the subsequent… Read More »