A reminder for family law attorneys and their clients that the lives most impacted by the trauma of family litigation are the children’s. The parent-child bond must be taken into consideration in ...

Utilize tools like the Power and Control Wheel and lethality assessments to discover additional evidence in domestic violence cases. Apply the rules of evidence, including hearsay exceptions and ...

When criminal charges are proceeding in parallel with civil charges involving domestic violence, allowing your client testify in a “he said-she said” swearing contest if your client is the criminal ...

Domestic violence creates domestic tort claims for the victim to sue the abusive spouse. Domestic tort claims can dramatically change the financial outcome of the divorce. Four out of then women, if ...

A sharply divided Supreme Court in Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. has barred the issuance of nonconsensual third-party releases in Chapter 11 bankruptcy plans. In a 5–4 decision, the Court held that ...

The impetus is on family law practitioners to understand the trauma response in clients who have experienced trauma and the ways it affects their case.

Self-representation is prevalent in the United States. According to one statistic from the Federal Rules of Pro Se Procedure, around one in four non-prisoner civil cases filed in district courts are ...

The dissolution of an intimate relationship involving domestic violence can pose an enhanced risk of violence toward parties’ attorneys and others involved in the case. Certain psychological disorders ...

An already emotionally charged divorce is further complicated by a history of domestic abuse. Learn how to recognize the signs of domestic abuse in parties to a family law case and how to approach ...

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Past or current experience with trauma and a client’s response to it can have a big impact on a family law case. Learn practice tips for the unique challenges of the discovery process when coercive ...

Many people who exhibit implicit biases understand that the bias is wrong at an intellectual level yet still behave in a way that suggests that they are biased. Domestic violence affects all ...