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Traveling outside of the United States can be one of the most momentous and certainly memorable times of one’s life. When you get to do it as a child, it can be even more transformational than it is for adults. But travel requires passports, and passports can be a...
When it comes to divorce, people are clear on some of the steps in the divorce process— especially the kinds involving courtrooms and lawyers. But mediation is one of those routes that’s a little more nebulous for people. Mediation is, simply put, a way to settle a...
It’s not every week that we can relate a celebrity divorce to the divorces that our clients are going through, but something that Kim Kardashian expressed last week hit home with us … even though one of the articles about it started, “Nothing like watching your own...
Mediation is a great way to settle a divorce decree, but finishing a mediation isn’t quite the same as signing a divorce decree.
One of the most important things to keep in mind in family law - for everyone involved - is that the parent-child relationship is fundamentally the same throughout the divorce. A divorce decree means that parents will go about their routines differently, and they will...
I've recently been working on a number of mediation cases. I'm glad that we offer it as a service at the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance, as it's the perfect solution for some couples who are seeking divorces. They may not have the number of issues or intensity of issues...
In my last article, I talked about the CPS mediation process and what parents can expect when they enter into that process. Obviously, parents in mediation are concerned as to what the outcome will be, especially given that their parental rights lie in the balance. Of...
Mediation is most commonly known as a way to resolve a divorce without using litigation, but it can also be used in cases involving CPS and parental rights. As someone who has mediated a number of these cases, I can say that mediation is often more expedient and less...
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 in order to be...
When a divorce is filed in Bexar County, the couple's actions throughout the divorce are guided by what's called temporary orders. These orders help to keep matters between the divorcing parties civil, and include some basic rules to help the couple transition from...