A Slightly Different Family Law Blog
A quick shout out to an Indonesian family law blog – Islamic Family Law in Indonesia . Interesting to see how a completely alien legal system operates. And how some of the topics never change – money and trying to understand just what was the legislature thinking (or if it was). Yes, it is apparent that English is not the writer’s first language but that makes his exposition even more impressive to me (a good deal more understandable than an Order or two that I have seen in the past month from Indiana judges).
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Give Allinotte Law Office’s Do you want to deal with this now or let your family deal with it later? a read. I think the article points out a few things not usually thought of when thinking of estate planning. Both the things needing planned (such as a funeral trust) and why which I think the article sums up quite well here: The family will...
If you have a family business then read the following from The Williston Herald, Family roles play a part in farm operation, succession A family death brings questions about new roles : “To help deal with in-laws, Hanson is now a firm believer in prenuptial marriage agreements. ‘It’s just good business management,’ he said,...
The Indiana Senate and House both bills dealing with paternity affidavits. I quote from the General Assembly’s abstracts of the Bills but I recommend reading the actual language of each Bill. I have written about the Senate Bill here . The Senate will have a hearing tomorrow at 10:30 am and it may be webcast . A thought came to me tonight about...
Read Re N: How not to write a skeleton from Family Lore . Short post with John Bolch providing a commentary that ought to clarify how to write something going before a judge. Yes, it is English but that makes no difference at all. The legal system is a formal system – regardless of all the Judge Judys on television – there are rules...
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Thank Google Scholar for this post. While doing some research I ran across Lifting the Veil of Ignorance: Personalizing the Marriage Contract , 73 Ind. L.J. 453 (1998). I suggest anyone having any opinions on our current family law system to give this a careful reading – some history, some statistics that might not be commonly known. Also, the...
As parents in a blended family the most important issue you will face is how your children will be disciplined. Child discipline in the blended family is something you should discuss and set rules about before marrying. … Read Full Post
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The British Columbia government has plans to make what the Vancouver Sun calls “revolutionary changes” to family law in the province. These changes will better reflect modern society, to update the Family Relations Act that was passed 30 years ago. The government’s proposal will revise the legal definition of a parent, and it will update property...
The Indiana Lawye r’s COA rules on service of summons issues does not report on a family law case, this is subject still needing attention. Gohl filed his motion arguing the judgment against him was void for lack of service of process. The Court of Appeals judges agreed and reversed, finding the trial court didn’t have personal jurisdiction...
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