DAILY TOOL: The 4 Steps for Entering Evidence
Basic steps for entering evidence and authenticating evidence in your divorce and child custody case.
Basic steps for entering evidence and authenticating evidence in your divorce and child custody case.
DAILY TOOL: Steps for Fighting a GAL
TOOL OF THE DAY: Steps for Fighting the Appointment of a GAL CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.â€â€•Â Benjamin Franklin Okay, you argued that you don’t believe that the judge should speak to your child in chambers and you used the confrontation clause from yesterday’s post… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Steps for Fighting a GAL
TOOL OF THE DAY: Steps for Fighting the Appointment of a GAL CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process "It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.â€â€•Â Benjamin Franklin Okay, you argued that you don’t believe that the judge should speak to your child in chambers and you used the confrontation clause from yesterday’s post… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Steps for Fighting a GAL
DAILY TOOL: Confrontation Clause…How Does this Protect You From Judge Conferring with Your Child?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Confrontation Clause…How Does this Apply to a Judge Interviewing Your Child? CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process When a judge speaks to your child in chambers they cut you off from being able to defend yourself and they violate the confrontation clause, which means they have violated your due process. Keep reading… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Confrontation Clause…How Does this Protect You From Judge Conferring with Your Child?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Confrontation Clause…How Does this Apply to a Judge Interviewing Your Child? CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process When a judge speaks to your child in chambers they cut you off from being able to defend yourself and they violate the confrontation clause, which means they have violated your due process. Keep reading… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Confrontation Clause…How Does this Protect You From Judge Conferring with Your Child?
DAILY TOOL: Fitness…Do You Know What the Standard Is?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Fitness…Do You Know What the Standard Is? CATEGORY: Family Law Fitness of a parent. What is it? If it is not defined well by your State then what else are they supposed to do other than dig into your private business to find something they think makes an undesirable parent, right?… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Fitness…Do You Know What the Standard Is?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Fitness…Do You Know What the Standard Is? CATEGORY: Family Law Fitness of a parent. What is it? If it is not defined well by your State then what else are they supposed to do other than dig into your private business to find something they think makes an undesirable parent, right?… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Fitness…Do You Know What the Standard Is?
How Do To: Refuse Psych Evals & Invasions of Your Privacy?
Psych Evals are searches limited by the Fourth Amendment against judicial action.
Psych Evals are searches limited by the Fourth Amendment against judicial action.
DAILY TOOL: Top 2 Things the Court Does to Disadvantage You…
TOOL OF THE DAY: Top 2 Things the Court Does to Disadvantage You… CATEGORY: Family Law It's unnerving walking into a courtroom and having no clue what they think. What are the presumptions that the Court has that is driving some of their behaviors? Find out what you are dealing with before you step into the Court.… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Top 2 Things the Court Does to Disadvantage You…
TOOL OF THE DAY: Top 2 Things the Court Does to Disadvantage You… CATEGORY: Family Law It's unnerving walking into a courtroom and having no clue what they think. What are the presumptions that the Court has that is driving some of their behaviors? Find out what you are dealing with before you step into the Court.… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Top 2 Things the Court Does to Disadvantage You…
DAILY TOOL: Discovery Supplementation to Preserve Your Right to Argue
TOOL OF THE DAY:Â Discovery Supplementation CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure Today is a quick procedural note on how you can ensure that your constitutional arguments can be introduced into your hearing. Because it does you no good to know all about your rights and not know how to actually get them into your Court argument. If… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Discovery Supplementation to Preserve Your Right to Argue
TOOL OF THE DAY:Â Discovery Supplementation CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure Today is a quick procedural note on how you can ensure that your constitutional arguments can be introduced into your hearing. Because it does you no good to know all about your rights and not know how to actually get them into your Court argument. If… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Discovery Supplementation to Preserve Your Right to Argue
DAILY TOOL: Is Time with Your Child an Entitlement or a Right?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Is Time with Your Child an Entitlement or a Right? CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure Didn’t the father have several hearings already? Didn’t he already receive due process? This is what the Michigan Supreme Court justices asked the defense attorney when he was arguing that the father in "In Re Sanders" did… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Is Time with Your Child an Entitlement or a Right?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Is Time with Your Child an Entitlement or a Right? CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure Didn’t the father have several hearings already? Didn’t he already receive due process? This is what the Michigan Supreme Court justices asked the defense attorney when he was arguing that the father in "In Re Sanders" did… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Is Time with Your Child an Entitlement or a Right?
DAILY TOOL: How to Argue to the Court to Abolish the Best Interest of the Child Doctrine
TOOL OF THE DAY: How to Argue to the Court to Abolish the Best Interest of the Child Doctrine. CATEGORY: Family Law Policy Analysis [SEE the UPDATED version of this post here.] Today, I discuss how to abolish the “Best Interest of the Child Doctrine†(BIC) from being used in your family court case. (This… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: How to Argue to the Court to Abolish the Best Interest of the Child Doctrine
TOOL OF THE DAY: How to Argue to the Court to Abolish the Best Interest of the Child Doctrine. CATEGORY: Family Law Policy Analysis [SEE the UPDATED version of this post here.] Today, I discuss how to abolish the “Best Interest of the Child Doctrine†(BIC) from being used in your family court case. (This… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: How to Argue to the Court to Abolish the Best Interest of the Child Doctrine
DAILY TOOL: Child Support: Identifying the Legal Issues and Organizing Your Winning Argument!
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child Support…Identifying the Legal Issues and Organizing Your Winning Argument! CATEGORY: Family Law Argument Organization What reasoning does the Court use when you are challenging their idea that you should be paying child support? How do you build a solid legal issue when the wrong rule of law is being applied? The… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Child Support… Identifying the Legal Issues and Organizing Your Winning Argument!
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child Support…Identifying the Legal Issues and Organizing Your Winning Argument! CATEGORY: Family Law Argument Organization What reasoning does the Court use when you are challenging their idea that you should be paying child support? How do you build a solid legal issue when the wrong rule of law is being applied? The… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Child Support… Identifying the Legal Issues and Organizing Your Winning Argument!
Child Support... How to End Cash for Kids
Formula for challenging child support statutes that produce real results.
Formula for challenging child support statutes that produce real results.
DAILY TOOL: Child Abuse…Lowered Standards have Hidden Costs
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child Abuse…Lowered Standards have Hidden Costs CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process This must have been shocking when this father found this video on his son's IPAD. The mother is very young. And she obviously has very poor coping skills and no tools or skills for raising two toddler boys. She certainly gave me… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Child Abuse…Lowered Standards have Hidden Costs
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child Abuse…Lowered Standards have Hidden Costs CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process This must have been shocking when this father found this video on his son's IPAD. The mother is very young. And she obviously has very poor coping skills and no tools or skills for raising two toddler boys. She certainly gave me… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Child Abuse…Lowered Standards have Hidden Costs
DAILY TOOL: Imputed Income…Bad for Children
TOOL OF THE DAY: Imputed Income…Bad for Children CATEGORY: Family Law (Child Support) What is imputed income? This is where the court can order you to pay child support based on an imaginary amount of money (earning potential), money you might have been earning in the past, money they believe you are capable of earning in… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Imputed Income…Bad for Children
TOOL OF THE DAY: Imputed Income…Bad for Children CATEGORY: Family Law (Child Support) What is imputed income? This is where the court can order you to pay child support based on an imaginary amount of money (earning potential), money you might have been earning in the past, money they believe you are capable of earning in… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Imputed Income…Bad for Children
DAILY TOOL: Top 3 Questions to Ask an Expert Before you Waste Your Money…
TOOL OF THE DAY: This was a very expensive lesson to learn on the spot. So here are a few sample questions you could ask an expert before
TOOL OF THE DAY: This was a very expensive lesson to learn on the spot. So here are a few sample questions you could ask an expert before
DAILY TOOL: Solving the Family Court Puzzle: Organizing and Collaborating.
TOOL OF THE DAY:  Organization and collaboration tool…wikis for the family court process. CATEGORY: Family Law Organization If we are to understand what needs fixing, we have to understand what is broke, right? And we all know that the family court process is definitely broken. But what is broken and what is not is not… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Solving the Family Court Puzzle…Organizing and Collaborating.
TOOL OF THE DAY:  Organization and collaboration tool…wikis for the family court process. CATEGORY: Family Law Organization If we are to understand what needs fixing, we have to understand what is broke, right? And we all know that the family court process is definitely broken. But what is broken and what is not is not… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Solving the Family Court Puzzle…Organizing and Collaborating.
DAILY TOOL: Trial Testimony, how to preserve error and avoid the best interest trap.
TOOL OF THE DAY: example of how to testify in a way that integrates your rights without ever having to say the words “I have these rights†or “it is my constitutional right to the care, custody, and control of my child.â€
TOOL OF THE DAY: example of how to testify in a way that integrates your rights without ever having to say the words “I have these rights†or “it is my constitutional right to the care, custody, and control of my child.â€
DAILY TOOL: Activism…Family Courts are the new Selma
TOOL OF THE DAY: Activism…we will not wait any longer CATEGORY: Family Law Movement “As long as I am unable to exercise my Constitutional right to vote, I do not have command of my own life. I cannot determine my own destiny for it is determined for me by people who would rather see me suffer… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Activism…Family Courts are the new Selma
TOOL OF THE DAY: Activism…we will not wait any longer CATEGORY: Family Law Movement “As long as I am unable to exercise my Constitutional right to vote, I do not have command of my own life. I cannot determine my own destiny for it is determined for me by people who would rather see me suffer… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Activism…Family Courts are the new Selma
DAILY TOOL: Joint Custody…5 steps to avoid falling for it.
TOOL OF THE DAY: Joint Custody…5 steps to avoid falling for it. CATEGORY: Family Law Did you know that the US Supreme Court has ruled on several occasions that the right to be a parent is one of the most fundamental rights of our society? Did you know that this right only applies to you… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Joint Custody…5 steps to avoid falling for it.
TOOL OF THE DAY: Joint Custody…5 steps to avoid falling for it. CATEGORY: Family Law Did you know that the US Supreme Court has ruled on several occasions that the right to be a parent is one of the most fundamental rights of our society? Did you know that this right only applies to you… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Joint Custody…5 steps to avoid falling for it.
DAILY TOOL: Sherry and Ron B Palmer explain Hodges v. United States
"Ideas are very often tainted by people's personal ideologies" The complexity perspective, James B. Glattfelder hopes allows for some common
"Ideas are very often tainted by people's personal ideologies" The complexity perspective, James B. Glattfelder hopes allows for some common
DAILY TOOL: Title IV-D
TOOL OF THE DAY: they are using our children as cash cows or what some may call a "cash for kids" or a form of "child trafficking" scheme. The reason that this practice has gone on this long is that it has been veiled well in an embedded culture, and has been protected by the notion that this was protecting children from poverty. We know now that this is not true.
TOOL OF THE DAY: they are using our children as cash cows or what some may call a "cash for kids" or a form of "child trafficking" scheme. The reason that this practice has gone on this long is that it has been veiled well in an embedded culture, and has been protected by the notion that this was protecting children from poverty. We know now that this is not true.
DAILY TOOL: Modification…a slippery slope in justice
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child custody, child support, and alimony modification all seem to have separate sets of rules when it comes to family law. Some of the rules are in print and some are learned culturally. So how are you supposed to navigate the waters? First, it is in my experience that even trained professionals in the field tend to navigate these by the seat of their pants.
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child custody, child support, and alimony modification all seem to have separate sets of rules when it comes to family law. Some of the rules are in print and some are learned culturally. So how are you supposed to navigate the waters? First, it is in my experience that even trained professionals in the field tend to navigate these by the seat of their pants.
DAILY TOOL: Feeding the Family Law System…Not Letting it Destroy You.
TOOL OF THE DAY: Feeding the Family Law System…Not Letting it Destroy You. CATEGORY: Family Law System What do you do when, “Family Court judges…cherry pick findings to fit the view of the world they prefer would exist….make no findings concerning significant evidence, fail to rule on motions that make them uncomfortable, and usually produce orders… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Feeding the Family Law System…Not Letting it Destroy You.
TOOL OF THE DAY: Feeding the Family Law System…Not Letting it Destroy You. CATEGORY: Family Law System What do you do when, “Family Court judges…cherry pick findings to fit the view of the world they prefer would exist….make no findings concerning significant evidence, fail to rule on motions that make them uncomfortable, and usually produce orders… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Feeding the Family Law System…Not Letting it Destroy You.
DAILY TOOL: Arguing a Family Law Statute in Court
TOOL OF THE DAY: Arguing a Family Law Statute in court CATEGORY: Family Law Legislation Most of us have an idea about what guiding principles or values that we follow in our life. Some follow the bible, some just have a general sense of what is right and wrong for their life. The courts have guiding… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Arguing a Family Law Statute in Court
TOOL OF THE DAY: Arguing a Family Law Statute in court CATEGORY: Family Law Legislation Most of us have an idea about what guiding principles or values that we follow in our life. Some follow the bible, some just have a general sense of what is right and wrong for their life. The courts have guiding… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Arguing a Family Law Statute in Court
DAILY TOOL: Standard of Proof
TOOL OF THE DAY: Standard of Proof CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process Preponderance of the evidence vs. Clear and Convincing evidence might be how you know it. After this post you will be on your way to schooling even the best of them on why the standard of proof used in your family law hearing… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Standard of Proof
TOOL OF THE DAY: Standard of Proof CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process Preponderance of the evidence vs. Clear and Convincing evidence might be how you know it. After this post you will be on your way to schooling even the best of them on why the standard of proof used in your family law hearing… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Standard of Proof
DAILY TOOL: Rebuttable Presumption
TOOL OF THE DAY: If you want to defend yourself adequately, you need to understand rebuttable presumptions and how they can be used against you.
TOOL OF THE DAY: If you want to defend yourself adequately, you need to understand rebuttable presumptions and how they can be used against you.
DAILY TOOL: Disposition Hearing
TOOL OF THE DAY: Disposition Hearing. CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process Force the burden of proof onto the courts and the opposing parties by requiring them to prove you unfit or a danger directly to your child when they make false accusations…by demanding proper due process. This would mean objecting to any hearing being held… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Disposition Hearing
TOOL OF THE DAY: Disposition Hearing. CATEGORY: Family Law Due Process Force the burden of proof onto the courts and the opposing parties by requiring them to prove you unfit or a danger directly to your child when they make false accusations…by demanding proper due process. This would mean objecting to any hearing being held… Continue reading DAILY TOOL: Disposition Hearing
Thank you Joseph Sorge and Divorce Corp…
I wanted to take this moment to thank Joseph Sorge and his Divorce Corp. team for the opportunity he created this past weekend at the family law conference #famlawconf in D.C. and for taking his time and resources to film the rally. Joe has been an asset to this cause that goes beyond words. He… Continue reading Thank you Joseph Sorge and Divorce Corp…
I wanted to take this moment to thank Joseph Sorge and his Divorce Corp. team for the opportunity he created this past weekend at the family law conference #famlawconf in D.C. and for taking his time and resources to film the rally. Joe has been an asset to this cause that goes beyond words. He… Continue reading Thank you Joseph Sorge and Divorce Corp…
Family Law Reform Conference ReKindles Hope and Exposes Corruption
This weekend at the Divorce Corp. Family Law Conference in Washington D.C. there were several moving speakers. I thought I’d highlight a couple of moments that stole the show and stood out from the rest of the activities, in my opinion. Let me just tell you first that I didn’t get to see all of the… Continue reading Family Law Reform Conference ReKindles Hope and Exposes Corruption
This weekend at the Divorce Corp. Family Law Conference in Washington D.C. there were several moving speakers. I thought I’d highlight a couple of moments that stole the show and stood out from the rest of the activities, in my opinion. Let me just tell you first that I didn’t get to see all of the… Continue reading Family Law Reform Conference ReKindles Hope and Exposes Corruption
Rally Honors Those Who Fight and Have Fallen to Protect Rights in Divorce
Families all over America are grateful for the soldiers who have sacrificed their own comforts and sometimes even their own life to protect the one document that protects your rights and liberties, the Constitution. It’s the Constitution that protects your right to be free from government interference into your private family life, your right to… Continue reading Rally Honors Those Who Fight and Have Fallen to Protect Rights in Divorce
Families all over America are grateful for the soldiers who have sacrificed their own comforts and sometimes even their own life to protect the one document that protects your rights and liberties, the Constitution. It’s the Constitution that protects your right to be free from government interference into your private family life, your right to… Continue reading Rally Honors Those Who Fight and Have Fallen to Protect Rights in Divorce
Measure 6 is defeated! Your Equal Parental Rights are not!
Today is a new day! Okay we know that you held out a lot of hope that Measure 6 would pass and maybe perhaps you even think that because it didn’t pass you don’t have equal parental rights. you might even think that there is no presumption that you are fit and equal. Not so… Continue reading Measure 6 is defeated…Your Equal Parental Rights are not…
Today is a new day! Okay we know that you held out a lot of hope that Measure 6 would pass and maybe perhaps you even think that because it didn’t pass you don’t have equal parental rights. you might even think that there is no presumption that you are fit and equal. Not so… Continue reading Measure 6 is defeated…Your Equal Parental Rights are not…
New Research Proves Opposition to Shared Parenting can be Harmful to Children (ACEs Study)
New Research Proves Opposition to Shared Parenting can be Harmful to Children (ACEs Study)
New Research Proves Opposition to Shared Parenting can be Harmful to Children (ACEs Study)
Why would attorneys, the ABA and the ACLU oppose Measure 6 that protects children?
The people that are supposed to protect you from government intrusions are opposing a Measure that strives to protect children from abuse of power in the family courts. While it is true the measure comes up a little short it's not in the ways that the attorneys and the American Bar Association might lead you… Continue reading Why would attorneys, the ABA and the ACLU oppose Measure 6 that protects children?
The people that are supposed to protect you from government intrusions are opposing a Measure that strives to protect children from abuse of power in the family courts. While it is true the measure comes up a little short it's not in the ways that the attorneys and the American Bar Association might lead you… Continue reading Why would attorneys, the ABA and the ACLU oppose Measure 6 that protects children?
The movie “The Judge” highlights our divorce culture stereotype
What is everyone missing in their reviews of this movie? Something you would only catch if you’ve been through it of course, the looming child custody battle. I was all ready to watch a movie about a father and son with an estranged relationship in the new Robert Downey, Jr. movie “The Judge.†What I… Continue reading The movie “The Judge” highlights our divorce culture stereotype
What is everyone missing in their reviews of this movie? Something you would only catch if you’ve been through it of course, the looming child custody battle. I was all ready to watch a movie about a father and son with an estranged relationship in the new Robert Downey, Jr. movie “The Judge.†What I… Continue reading The movie “The Judge” highlights our divorce culture stereotype