Many a corporation owner argues that pass-through income from a subchapter S corporation should not be included for child support purposes because it is not distributed and therefore it is not an available source from which to pay child support. The Sub-S company usually distributes an amount equal to the estimated personal income taxes that...Read More
Law students and recent grads can go on to something else. For those of us who predate the internet, however, how to cite something found on the internet in a legal pleading can be perplexing. The Chicago Manual of Style Online offers helpful internet citation tips at the free Q & A section.Read More
The Family Law Prof Blog reports: “Many thought the U.S. Supreme Court had essentially settled this issue in 2000 when it ruled that Tommie Granville, a mother in Washington state, could limit to once a month her two girls’ contact with their paternal grandparents after the girls’ father had committed suicide. But the issue is...Read More
Empirical Forensic Model: Conjectures and Refutations by Timothy M. Tippins and Jeffrey P. Wittmann appeared in the New York Law Journal Online yesterday. The issue is not new, with the same authors writing about it last year. What we are not seeing are many Daubert challenges locally nor specific motions to delineate what the task...Read More
Watch with me as the Pacific Rim mediation conference unfolds in New Zealand NEXT September. I am no talent scout, but I have to say I am very impressed with Geoff Sharp’s mediation thinking and passion. I am tempted to lightly pencil it in the book, far flung as it may seem. Here’s the trailer...Read More
The New York Times published an article by Ralph Blumenthal last week about a lawsuit against a church therapist who disclosed the wife’s infidelities. The Texas Supreme Court is poised to consider the issue.Read More
An attorney spouse brought multiple lawsuits against his ex-wife, her family, as well as several lawyers and judges. Finally, in Davey v. Dolan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68960 (September 26, 2006), digested by the Family Law Prof Blog, ” the US District Court for the Southern District of New York not only dismissed all the...Read More
You will notice a new category to this blawg, negotiation. Prior mediation posts have contained negotiation tips, but they are really two separate animals and each deserves attention. Victoria Pynchon’s post, Anchoring Redux, jokingly referring to “Kumbya University” brought this in focus for me.Read More
A Wisconsin decision in Motte v. Motte, 2006 Wisc. App. LEXIS 880 (September 27, 2006) held agreements waiving child support arrearages or estopping parents from asking for modification if children change residence are void as against public policy. The Family Law Prof Blog digests the opinion.Read More
