It Isn’t What You Think or Hear on TV about Stars . . .but It is There Divorce actions routinely involve financial issues presenting as complex determinations of support for children, tax consequences, and asset and liability division. However, one financial issue that may be less common in divorce is …
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Few things domestic attorneys observe in daily practice, including Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. attorneys, pull at the heartstrings more than a child caught between two well-intentioned parents in a bitter custody dispute. It is for this reason that child custody lawyers, evaluators, and judges use wide variety of words to …
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“I know grass grows on it! Is this what my lawyer means by our ‘Marital Property’ in Divorce?” For readers of our blog posts, you probably have a pretty good idea that divorce law has a lot of flexibility and ambiguity–and suspect this is a trick question. You are right. …
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This question is one that has played itself time and again through US history and in every state.  The legal concept of preemption may apply to any matter. In basic form, it asks the question of who should decide a matter — the State or the local government. Many years …
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There is tension between these legal doctrines among all of the states in the Nation. In fact, Home Rule is an ancient legal doctrine that created great struggles with former holdings under the British Empire. The Empire wanted to impose its will remotely, but the holdings believed they were unique …
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The Castle Doctrine is an ancient legal concept or maxim. It dates from Roman times and its law. The concept is fairly straightforward. The castle, sometime ringed by a wall or mote, and/or its adjacent fields, stock, and storehouses could be (had to be) defended by force from all intruders …
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Parenting Coordinator questions are frequently asked of Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. attorneys. To understand the answers, some history of custody and visitation (now called parenting time) is in order. Less than 20 years ago, one parent was awarded physical custody by the trial court, and the other visitation. Most courts …
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