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An adult guardianship is a probate court proceeding that protects an individual that cannot take care of his own affairs by appointing a fiduciary -a guardian or conservator- to care for the incapacitated individual.

…is that your family will fight over the money in your estate. This appears to be happening right now in New York to the deceased multimillionairess Huguette Clark.

There are two ways we have seen student loan debt affect divorce proceedings. One scenario is where the divorcing spouse, usually a newly-minted professional, has accrued a significant debt balance well into the six-figures; as much as $200,000 in the case of a medical degree.

When our SCOTUS recently struck-down the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act, and also held that California’s prohibition on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, proponents of same-sex marriage understandably hailed the decisions as a victory. Now that the dust has began to settle in these seminal cases, some of the fall-out is going to affect the inevitable divorce proceedings arising from failed same-sex relationships.

Now here’s a sticky one. What does an unmarried couple do with their fertilized and cryopreserved embryos when they break-up?

Actor James Gandolfini played New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano on the long-running HBO series The Sopranos. I was a fan and thus, very disappointed at the news of his early demise.

This post is straight from Texas, our most prolific death penalty state. Texas has executed over 800 death row inmates since the SCOTUS ruled in 1976 that the death penalty was not cruel and unusual punishment after all.

Grandparents Lack Standing When Parental Rights Are Terminated

Supreme Court Rules Medical Marijuana Cannot Be Sold for Profit

The collaborative divorce method is where a married couple, either by themselves or with the assistance of professionals, agree upon the terms of their divorce judgment prior to filing for divorce.