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How can I get full custody of my children?

Articles, Divorce: Questions & Answers, Family & Divorce, Questions & AnswersBy Attorney Michael Franklin October 24, 2018

I think my soon-to-be-ex-spouse is a bad influence on our children. How can AI get full custody? A judge will be unlikely to respond to the argument “My ex is a bad influence” or “My ex doesn’t know what is best for the children.” Judges hear these arguments all day, every day, during acrimonious custody…

Reduce Child Support Judgment

Divorce: Case Summaries, Representative CasesBy Attorney Michael Franklin October 24, 2018

Case Summary Father’s child support obligation to the Mother shall be reduced and shall further be reduced upon the emancipation of the parties’ daughter on December 5, 2018. No order for alimony is made at this time as all of the available gross weekly income of the parties has been utilized in the calculation of…

Alimony Judgment

Divorce: Case Summaries, Representative CasesBy Attorney Michael Franklin October 17, 2018

Case Summary: Here, the material circumstances have changed since the judgment of divorce entered in 2006. Plaintiff’s gross and net income have both decreased since her waiver of alimony in 2006, even as her expenses and the cost of living have increased. Plaintiff used the child support to maintain a home and life for the…

Is it true that courts favor mothers in custody decisions?

Articles, Divorce: Questions & Answers, Family & Divorce, Questions & AnswersBy Attorney Michael Franklin October 10, 2018

While it remains a common belief that courts favor, or are even biased for, mothers in custody disputes, this is not the case. The belief stems from past practices and trends in court. When divorce became more common in the 1970s, society, including the judges within it, assumed a gendered division of labor within households.…

Monthly Archives: October 2018

How can I get full custody of my children?

Reduce Child Support Judgment

Alimony Judgment

Is it true that courts favor mothers in custody decisions?

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