As someone who has struggled with weight my entire life, I spend way more time in gyms than anyone would guess by looking at me. In an attempt to distract from the pain that I’m putting myself through at 5am on a daily basis, I spend a lot of time actively observing other people at [..]
This post is the third of a three-part series detailing the child custody factors in Louisiana. This looks at factors #9-#12. Click here for part one , and here for part two of the series on child custody. The most important question arising from divorce is, “Who gets the kids?” It is possible that the court will award shared [..]
This post is the second of a three-part series detailing the child custody factors in Louisiana. This looks at factors #4-#8. Click here for part one, or here for part three of the series on child custody. The most important question arising from divorce is, “Who gets the kids?” It is possible that the court will award shared [..]
This post is the first of a three-part series detailing the child custody factors in Louisiana. Click here for part two, or click here for part three of the series on child custody. The most important question arising from divorce is, “Who gets the kids?” It is possible that the court will award shared custody, joint custody, [..]
“The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.” – Robert Staughton Lynd (1892-1970) When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, one of his goals was to keep people connected. Through his invention, in a time when traveling great distances was much harder than it is today, people could more easily [..]
Shortly after my first post on divorce, I received a comment from a reader that I thought was important to address. The post was titled “Divorce Is A Horrible Thing”, and the comment read: It’s a horrible thing, but life goes on. Wake up, take a breath, get dressed, live your day, change the things [..]
The Louisiana Suggested Joint Custody and Visitation Plan is outdated and is ripe for a change. Currently the “suggestion”, which is a starting point for most custody and visitation agreements, is that the non-domiciliary parent gets visitation every other weekend and each Wednesday night. There are exceptions for holidays and vacations, but that’s the gist [..]
If you’re wondering why a divorce attorney would encourage people to save their marriage, it’s simple. First, I don’t consider myself a divorce attorney. I’ve seen how hard divorce is on my clients, and as someone who gets emotionally invested in the people I work for, I’ve seen the stress their situations can cause [..]
I truly believe that there is no life event which is more emotionally, physically, mentally, financially, and spiritually draining than a divorce. When you got married, you knew with every fiber of your being that you would be together forever. You’ve given everything you have to your spouse and your children, and now you [..]
