by Richard A. Marcus | Jan 1, 2016 | With Your Family in Mind
Choosing Your Divorce Lawyer Lawyers are different. None of us are the same. I was listening to a continuing legal education CD in my car recently and the advice the lawyer was giving was that if a lawyer has a “difficult” client that doesn’t want to listen,...
by Richard A. Marcus | Dec 1, 2015 | With Your Family in Mind
Court Ordered Drug Testing in Divorce Cases Drugs and alcohol play a large role in many custody fights. Sometimes they involve DUI’s and sometimes they involve casual, social drinking. Assuming that we are not dealing with the issue of drug or alcohol abuse, custody...
by Richard A. Marcus | Nov 1, 2015 | With Your Family in Mind
Getting Your Divorce Case to Trial A while ago, I was with a client on an ex parte application in Department 2 at the Hill Street/Stanley Mosk Courthouse. For those of you unfamiliar with the way that things work, the Presiding Judge in Department 2, Judge Gordon,...
by Richard A. Marcus | Oct 1, 2015 | With Your Family in Mind
The Impact of Retirement on the Payment of Spousal Support In long-term marriages, unless the parties agree otherwise, the court retains jurisdiction over the issue of spousal support. In most cases, by the time retirement comes around, there is a fixed amount of...
