In-law didn’t violate privacy law by hacking e-mail 
Published: October 16, 2012
Tags: divorce, email, privacy
A woman didn’t violate the Stored Communications Act when she hacked into her brother-in-law’s personal e-mail in the course of a domestic dispute, the South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a summary judgment.
Lawyer’s goodwill doesn’t have limited value in divorce
Published: October 16, 2012
Tags: divorce, goodwill
The valuation of a husband’s professional goodwill in his divorce should not have been limited to the redemption value of the stock he had in his law firm, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
McCourts return to court in renewed divorce battle
Published: October 15, 2012
Tags: Bankruptcy, Chapter 11, divorce, Frank McCourt, Los Angeles Dodgers, Major League Baseball, McCourt, postnuptial agreement
Less than one year after Frank and Jamie McCourt reached a settlement in their contentious divorce proceedings, the couple is back in court.
Benchmarks: Lawyer loses divorce fight over professional goodwill
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: October 12, 2012
Tags: community property, divorce, good will, property division
An Arizona court has decided that the valuation of a lawyer’s professional goodwill is not limited to his stock redemption value in his law firm.
Husband needn’t cooperate in obtaining life insurance
Published: October 11, 2012
Tags: child support, divorce, life insurance
A husband in a divorce case could not be ordered to cooperate with his wife in obtaining life insurance on his own life in order to secure his child support payments, the Kansas Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Guardian can seek to end ward’s marriage
Published: October 9, 2012
Tags: divorce, guardianship
A guardian had standing to seek a dissolution of her ward’s marriage, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled in reversing judgment.
Divorce lawyer sued for illegal electronic surveillance
Published: October 4, 2012
Tags: divorce, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, ethics, legal malpractice, Legal Malpractice Monitor, privacy, surveillance, wiretap
An Ohio lawyer is being sued in federal court for allegedly conspiring to use evidence acquired through illegal electronic surveillance to win her client’s divorce case.
Wife’s transfer in divorce avoidable in bankruptcy
Published: October 2, 2012
Tags: Chapter 7, divorce, fraudulent transfer
A wife’s transfer of her share of the marital residence in her divorce case was properly set aside as a fraudulent transfer when she subsequently filed for bankruptcy, the 6th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel has ruled in affirming judgment.
Divorce attorneys still report increase in postnups
Published: September 24, 2012
Tags: AAML, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, divorce, postnups, postnuptial agreements
Divorce attorneys are still reporting an increase in requests for postnuptial agreements, according to a new poll by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML).
Benchmarks: Lawyer ‘wins’ right to represent his dad in divorce
Published: September 4, 2012
Tags: appearance of impropriety, disqualification, divorce, Rules of Professional Conduct
Most lawyers would choose to walk barefoot over red-hot coals before taking a side in their parents’ divorce case. But one Nevada lawyer has taken the dubious step of actually representing his father against his mother.
And as incredible as it may seem, the lawyer somehow managed to beat back his mother’s attempt to get him disqualified from the case.
