Family Law News and Insights

For some reason, divorces nationwide tend to peak in the springtime. Perhaps it is because of the reluctance of wanting to pursue a dissolution of marriage during the holidays, or perhaps it is the realization that a spouse simply does not want to go through another summer of family vacations,...

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Suppose you have a trust that provides for distributions to your descendants. Suppose further that your son dies having given his wife permission to use his frozen sperm. If later his widow has a child using that sperm, would that posthumously conceived child be entitled to a share of your...

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The Supreme Court case Pavan v. Smith, 582 U.S.____ (2017), in a per curiam opinion on June 26, 2017, strengthened the rights protected in Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015). The decision confronted an attempt by the State of Arkansas to undermine the rights and privileges extended to same-sex married couples...

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