If you are a parent and/or spouse who is using the family court process in order to impose your will upon the other person, one tried & true "dirty" trick is to throw up "roadblocks" at every opportunity. The popular saying among lawyers (which at one time I thought was humorous and now think is disgusting) [...]
At this precise moment I’m in some manic, hyperactive mode that is suppressing my exhaustion as I beaver away at my urgent ‘to do’ list ahead of my Friday flight to Spain. Twelve days. Twelve whole days in which I am banned from using my computer, accessing e-mails and reading anything remotely related to my [...]
Cognitive Distortions And Litigation Few legal professionals understand the attraction of those with personality disorders or traits to the legal process. Yet a comparison of characteristics shows a perfect fit, which may explain why they increasingly show up in court as High Conflict Personalities. Characteristics of HCPs Characteristics of Court Process Lifetime Preoccupation: Blaming others Purpose: Deciding [...]
Probably the single most important factor to examine is father or mother's new significant other. When you have children, the unfortunate thing for many of us is that we are bound for the rest of our lives to someone who we no longer (and may never have) mesh with. That relationship can continue, in a [...]
A man who set off a multi-state search after authorities said he took his two daughters out of an after-school program in Rohnert Park amid conflicting child custody court orders was arrested Friday afternoon . A Rohnert Park public safety officer arrested Everett Reep, 45, on suspicion of child endangerment outside his Santa Rosa home [...]
If you are like me and the family I came from, your kids are the most important thing in the world to you. You will do just about anything to protect them. It is an unfortunate reality that not everyone is clear on the concept of putting the interests of a child ahead of your [...]
One of the striking aspects of the practice of family law is the manner in which some cases never end. Most lawsuits (other than asbestos litigation or other odd areas of law) are over within a year or two. Some drag on for more than that. But family law cases can literally go on for [...]
The Boogeyman of California Family Law by Don Cripe June 2013 Don Cripe For most of my 25 years as a trial lawyer (a substantial portion of which included family law matters), whenever the word “mediation” was used in the context of family law, parties (and even sometimes, lawyers) cringed. The problems with the process [...]
There are a lot of very effective tactics at play in family law litigation in the great state of California. Among the very best is the use of documentation to provide factual evidence of what is actually transpiring. There are a great number of people who believe eyewitness testimony, cross-examination, and judicial determinations of credibility [...]
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