When a couple arrives at a divorce decree — be it through mutual agreement or through a court’s determination — it’s not necessarily the final word on that couple’s legal responsibilities. That’s especially true with child support,...
There are a lot of people out there who think-or perhaps hope-that once you go through a divorce and obtain a divorce decree, that you can just walk away. But, for many people in the post-divorce phases of their lives, that’s not necessarily the case. While you...
I think the analogy of a consultation with a family law attorney being like a trip to the emergency room is an interesting one. Any trip to the ER, unfortunately, starts with someone in pain, and also may involve that person not knowing what’s wrong. Like an ER...
Divorce can be a difficult process, to be sure, no matter what the circumstances. But it’s obviously best to not do things that make the divorce process even more difficult. We thought it would be helpful to run through a list of things you shouldn’t do...
A so-called “gray divorce” is when a couple 50 or over decide to get a divorce, sometimes after being married for a quarter-century or longer. In a great number of these cases, the couple’s children have already moved out of the house, meaning they...
If you’re looking to get a divorce, one of the first things to know is that there’s not just one kind of divorce. Getting a divorce doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be in a courtroom in front of a judge, though some divorces require that setting...
Child support is a hotly contested issue in numerous divorces involving children. Child Support dictates how much money a non-custodial parent is required to pay in order to provide financial assistance to the child and the custodial parent who is raising...
Those who find themselves in the midst of a CPS investigation, in which they temporarily lose the right to parent their children, will experience an extremely trying process. The claim that sets an investigation in motion might be unfounded, but the investigation has...
The attorneys here at the Law Office of Lisa Vance consider our relationships with our clients to be of the highest importance. I see my first meeting with each client to be important for many reasons, but one of the most crucial is that it gives both of us a chance...
