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Blended families are becoming increasingly more common in the 21st Century.  There are more and more stepparents and stepchildren. It is also becoming increasingly popular for stepparents to adopt their stepchildren. In these cases, the biological parent is usually not involved in their children’s lives. Often, they are not even […]

Dear Ask the Attorney: My husband and I are getting a divorce and we have a special needs child who is twelve years old.  Our child is in a wheelchair and she cannot care for herself.  Will the fact that our child is special needs impact our divorce, and if […]

It’s that time of year again – love is in the air, diamond retailer commercials are in high gear, and proposals are being planned. While we would like to believe “love is everlasting”, when the champagne is consumed and the string quartet hired to play at sunset is gone, the […]

Allegations of sexual abuse upon children are far more powerful than any other criminal accusation. They evoke instant revulsion and sympathy. The younger the child, the greater the adverse reaction by prosecutors, judges and more importantly, jurors. Many jurors may initially tend to disbelieve that such offenses occur, but invariably […]