The ABA has just published The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Stock Options by Lester Barenbaum, Walter Schubert, and Robert Feder Here is the ABA’s description of the book: From valuation to taxation and distribution, “The Family Lawyer’s Guide to Stock Options” provides practice-focused guidance on handling all issues involving employee stock options in a divorce...Read More

Alabama Family Law Blog posts a series of articles about preparing for divorce: Step 1 – Find a Wise Guide Step 2 – Make an accounting of the family financesRead More

Having dedicated family courts has increased the number of lawyers who are proficient in the substantive areas of family law. However, as more cases are successfully mediated and fewer family law attorneys acquire trial skills before juries it is more difficult for family lawyers to develop litigation expertise. That fact makes the new Domestic Law...Read More

Last year we posted on Getting A Get here. Some quotes from an article by Lisa J. Huriash at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and then an editorial opposing. Observant women need their husbands to grant them a divorce.Read More

The ABA Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 2006 is now in print. Each article looks well worth reading: The Intersection of Immigration Law and Family by Nicole Lawrence Ezer Assessing Social Science Studies: Eleven Tips for Judges and Lawyers by Sarah H. Ramsey & Robert F. Kelly Adults’ Sexual Orientation and State...Read More

There are many family law blogs on the net, some aimed at attorneys and several written for potential clients. I read the ones which have RSS feed to which I can subscribe and the ones that are not self-promotional. Here are some I would like to share with you, with recent posts: Florida Divorce Law...Read More

The U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention announces A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping . It offers practical and detailed advice about preventing international kidnapping and increasing the chance that children who are kidnapped or wrongfully retained will be returned.Read More

Carole Levitt and Mark Rosch, authors of The Lawyer’s Guide To The Internet, have a lenghty article published at Law.com last week, Internet Research Digs Up Private Matters, covering private facts that are public record and general investigative tips. As some may recall, this tech duo presented The Cybersleuth’s Guide To The Internet in Louisville...Read More

Part Two of Digging Deeply Into Matrimonial Data Mining, reprinted from the Matrimonial Strategist, is now available online at Law.com.Read More

First coaches for lawyers, now coaches for the clients of the lawyers is the title of a post from Idealawg. “Most of us are familiar with the idea of lawyers hiring coaches to help them with goals in business development or time management or career navigation. But how about clients hiring coaches to help them...Read More