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Deborah Lynn Gordon

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Custody & Visitation, Litigation, Collaborative Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  20 Years

Robert Cory Iddins

Accident & Injury, Family Law, Insurance, Personal Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           

Mark Steven Gouras

Family Law, Child Custody, Divorce & Family Law, Property & Casualty, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  38 Years

Susan Lee Beecher

Estate Planning, Family Law, Business & Trade, Commercial Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           

Nicole B Chafetz

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Civil Rights
Status:  Inactive           

Jeffrey Spencer Floyd

Family Law, Divorce & Family Law, Personal Injury, Accident & Injury
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  40 Years

Lisa Ann Mitchell

Traffic, State Government, Family Law, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  14 Years

David George Kontos

Family Law, Custody & Visitation, Divorce & Family Law, Criminal
Status:  In Good Standing           

Ruth A Roti

Family Law, Wills & Probate, Wills, Divorce
Status:  Inactive           Licensed:  34 Years

Michael Ditchik

Child Support, Farms, Divorce, Family Law
Status:  Deceased           Licensed:  35 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or ... (more...)
Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or a no-fault divorce.

JOINT CUSTODY

An arrangement by which parents who do not live together share the upbringing of a child. Joint custody can be joint legal custody (in which both parents have a... (more...)
An arrangement by which parents who do not live together share the upbringing of a child. Joint custody can be joint legal custody (in which both parents have a say in decisions affecting the child) joint physical custody (in which the child spends a significant amount of time with both parents) or, very rarely, both.

SPLIT CUSTODY

A custody arrangement in the case of multiple children, awarding sole custody of one child to one parent and sole custody of another child to the other parent. ... (more...)
A custody arrangement in the case of multiple children, awarding sole custody of one child to one parent and sole custody of another child to the other parent. This arrangement is generally disfavored by judges because they are reluctant to split up siblings.

VISITATION RIGHTS

The right to see a child regularly, typically awarded by the court to the parent who does not have physical custody of the child. The court will deny visitation... (more...)
The right to see a child regularly, typically awarded by the court to the parent who does not have physical custody of the child. The court will deny visitation rights only if it decides that visitation would hurt the child so much that the parent should be kept away.

GUARDIAN

An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a '... (more...)
An adult who has been given the legal right by a court to control and care for a minor or her property. Someone who looks after a child's property is called a 'guardian of the estate.' An adult who has legal authority to make personal decisions for the child, including responsibility for his physical, medical and educational needs, is called a 'guardian of the person.' Sometimes just one person will be named to take care of all these tasks. An individual appointed by a court to look after an incapacitated adult may also be known as a guardian, but is more frequently called a conservator.

POT TRUST

A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One impor... (more...)
A trust for children in which the trustee decides how to spend money on each child, taking money out of the trust to meet each child's specific needs. One important advantage of a pot trust over separate trusts is that it allows the trustee to provide for one child's unforeseen need, such as a medical emergency. But a pot trust can also make the trustee's life difficult by requiring choices about disbursing funds to the various children. A pot trust ends when the youngest child reaches a certain age, usually 18 or 21.

FAULT DIVORCE

A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The 'innocent' spouse was then granted the divorc... (more...)
A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The 'innocent' spouse was then granted the divorce from the 'guilty' spouse. Today, 35 states still allow a spouse to allege fault in obtaining a divorce. The traditional fault grounds for divorce are adultery, cruelty, desertion, confinement in prison, physical incapacity and incurable insanity. These grounds are also generally referred to as marital misconduct.

INTERLOCUTORY DECREE

A court judgment that is not final until the judge decides other matters in the case or until enough time has passed to see if the interim decision is working. ... (more...)
A court judgment that is not final until the judge decides other matters in the case or until enough time has passed to see if the interim decision is working. In the past, interlocutory decrees were most often used in divorces. The terms of the divorce were set out in an interlocutory decree, which would become final only after a waiting period. The purpose of the waiting period was to allow the couple time to reconcile. They rarely did, however, so most states no longer use interlocutory decrees of divorce.

SHARED CUSTODY

See joint custody.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

State v. Warren

... No disrespect is intended. [8] Published case law from other jurisdictions is scant and not directly on point. Florida upheld a condition of probation prohibiting contact with any member of the child victim's family, although this de facto prohibited the defendant from contacting his ...

In re Marriage of RE

... 12 GR 22, the second relevant court rule, is specific to records in family law cases. Under ... [18] GR 15 is the general rule, and GR 22 adds specific provisions for family law cases. The rules do not conflict, and both apply here. ¶ 14 ...

Grundy v. Brack Family Trust

... FAMILY TRUST, Calvin Brack and Joyce M. Brack, Trustees, Appellants/Cross Respondents. No. 37251-7-II. Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2. August 11, 2009. 620 Alexander Weal Mackie, Eric S. Merrifield, Perkins Coie LLP, J. Christopher Baird, Attorney at Law, ...