Blog Posts in April, 2016

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR VACATION HOME DURING DIVORCE?

When contemplating a divorce involving highly-valued assets such as a vacation home, you may feel overwhelmed. Monetary considerations, the property division process and complex financial issues are stressful, and so is emotional impact of the split. An experienced divorce attorney will advise you to strive for fairness and objectivity when making decisions about your vacation property that will ...

TINY 'SPITE HOUSE' MAY BE THE PRODUCT OF DIVORCE

A legendary Washington home known as the “Spite House” is for sale. KOMO-TV reports that the tiny, narrow, pie-slice-shaped house was on the market for $519,000 as of Apr. 14. Besides the unusual name, Seattle’s Spite House is known for being 15 feet wide at one end and just 55 inches wide at the other. Of course, the subject of this blog is family law, not real estate. Why mention the Spite ...

WHY MORE U.S. GRANDPARENTS ARE RAISING THEIR GRANDCHILDREN

In this blog, when we discuss child custody, it is usually in the context of parents getting divorced and determining whether they will share custody, or if one of them will get sole custody of the kids. But for millions of American children, neither parent is able or willing to care for them, so other relatives must step in. This is especially true for grandparents, about 2.7 million of whom are ...