Lifestyle

So-Called Taxi King Ordered to Pay $25,000 per month in Child Support

June 5, 2015

The “taxi king” of New York has been ordered to pay $25,000 a month in child support and must undergo drug testing if he wishes to visit his daughter, a court ruled recently. The man is called the taxi king because he owns more taxi medallions than anyone else in the city. He has been estranged ...

California Initiative Started to Eliminate Spousal Maintenance in that State

June 1, 2015

A California software consultant has taken an unusual step to fight his alimony (spousal maintenance) payments. He has written an initiative to end alimony altogether in the State of California, and has received permission from the Secretary of State to start gathering signatures per California l...

UK Survey Shows the Damage Social Media has on Relationships

May 17, 2015

Social media has added an entirely different spin on divorce proceedings. Social media can reveal a lot of information that a partner doesn't want revealed. Worse, many of the entries are public. Spouses have caught their partners cheating through looking at Facebook histories. In the UK, a surv...

Elise Buie Family Law | Marriage Equality Reaches the US Supreme Court

May 12, 2015

Currently, couples have the ability to marry regardless of biological sex in 36 states. The potential impact of a ruling by the Supreme Court would be to normalize the access to legal rights across all states.

Elise Buie Family Law | Changes Proposed to Custody Laws

April 22, 2015

About 20 states across the US are currently considering proposed legislation that would alter the procedures for determining which parent will retain legal and physical control of a child following a divorce or separation.

A Must Read for all parents considering Divorce: The Co-Parent’s Handbook by Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little

April 5, 2015

The Co-Parent's Handbook - Karen Bonnell and Kristin Little