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The conclusion of a discussion, begun last month, about a hypothetical divorcing couple. The husband would like to keep all of his retirement savings, 150% of the value of the couple's home, which the wife would like to keep as her own.

Too often, attorneys in Family Law are faced with the problem of proving the existence of extra funds to the court in order to obtain a fair support award.

These days, questions concerning who may be categorized as a "parent" or who is a certain person's "child" must often be answered in the courts, and those answers can have far-reaching consequences beyond the emotional.

Recent key rulings are analyzed.

The latest information.

Recent news of importance to you and your practice.

According to the federal government, while the act of gathering evidence creates a direct conflict between competing interests, the interest in disclosing the fraud generally outweighs the defendant's interest in keeping the fraud from being divulged.

A series of new DES cases proceeding in federal district courts in the District of Columbia and Boston is bringing a relatively untested issue in DES litigation to the forefront.