Blog Posts in 2015

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MEANS LESS INTELLIGENCE

No matter who you are or where you came from, it is likely you agree, hurting the ones you love is not a smart decision, and now there's new information that may prove it. A recent study done by a psychology research lab at Northwestern University shows domestic violence offenders may be considered the less intelligent of all violent offenders. According to the study which looked specifically at ...

COLLABORATIVE LAW PROVIDES LESS EXPENSIVE RESOLUTION

Some of the words that come to mind when thinking of divorce are: expense, child support, alimony and attorney. What doesn't usually come to mind is the concept of cooperation, yet that is the very idea behind collaborative law. Although it is a relatively new approach, collaborative law provides spouses with an alternative to traditional litigation, and may prove to be in the best interest of ...

ECONOMIC CONTROL AS A SOURCE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Washington state law describes domestic violence as being any criminal act of either sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, neglect or economic control. The first four of these types of abuse are relatively clear and pretty well understood by the general public. However, domestic violence exhibited through economic control is a form of abuse many may not understand. When the aggressor in a ...

HOW DOES THE FMLA AFFECT FATHERS?

The Family and Medical Leave Act allows most mothers to take time off when she's had a baby, allowing her to bond with the child and be present for its first months. However, the FMLA also lets fathers take 12 weeks to take care of a new baby, an adopted child or a child who's been injured. It also gives fathers a chance to be there for a spouse who is injured or pregnant, but while many women use ...