For mostly technological reasons, major life events from global meetings to face-time chats with friends across the land occur in more or less real time. The new mass of information is digital and not paper. The old days of putting the paper mortgage documents and financial statements in a single place—forever—are long gone. So are the days of digital information being kept in one place—except for the most vigilant.
This means that with any litigation, from a protective order to divorce, a swipe of a screen or click of a mouse may reflect some significant event that is relevant to litigation. ... Read More
Tag: error
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Aug2015
11
Nov2014
If you are unhappy with the property division as ordered by a court, you can and should seek an appeal. If the division does not follow the law, or the evidence before the court, you have only two options, with limited time, to correct the erroneous decision. Unlike child support and child custody issues, a property division order by a court is not modifiable. In other words, a property division is a final order.
(It is important to keep in mind that if you reach a settlement agreement, either through negotiations directly with your spouse, between your and your spouse’s attorney, ... Read More
03
May2012
How Missteps Can Cost You Your Case
Appeals are difficult and time consuming for both clients and attorneys–and the Indiana appellate courts who decide them in a very efficient manner (the Indiana Court of Appeals is one of the fastest appellate courts in the United States).
Clients with a final order from the lower court looking for a reconsideration by an alleged error of fact and/or law sometimes appeal. However, the appellate process is much more rigid and rule-driven than the trial court process, which is inherently disjointed because the problems of life are messy and Indiana’s trial courts get these cases ... Read More
26
May2011
So you might need to or want to appeal an adverse decision in a civil or criminal case? While there are some differences between these two types of cases, there are many more commonalities.
To get your appeal off on the right legal footing, it is important to understand 9 common mistakes that may impair or preclude this right. This understanding will allow you, whether you are the lawyer or the client, to identify common mistakes that we observe at Ciyou & Dixon, P.C. across a wide spectrum of appeals.
These shortfalls may occur during trial or before the Notice ... Read More