Sentences with phrase «spouse during litigation»

Sometimes spouses agree to mediation to stall the process or to gather information for later use against the other spouse during litigation.

Not exact matches

When your spouse behaves this way during litigation, it is actually a form of emotional abuse and harassment that constitutes family violence under the Family Law Act.

Each spouse and his or her attorney enter into what is called a «participation agreement,» whereby each party agrees that neither will enter into litigation during the duration of the collaborative negotiations.

If you can not afford an attorney and your spouse is financially able to provide funds for an attorney, we can request that the court award attorneys fees and litigation costs during the course of the divorce, so that you may fund your case.

If your spouse was not previously violent but becomes violent during your divorce, your attorney may file a motion for a protective order at any phase during the divorce litigation.

In New Jersey, a spouse may be entitled to ongoing financial assistance from his / her former spouse during the divorce process or litigation and after the divorce.

For example, they might affirm the client's anger about something the other spouse has done during the marriage and encourage the client to use their anger (and the facts that led them to feel angry) as a sort of weapon in the negotiations as would be true in litigation.

The court can order «final» fees (all or part of the fees incurred during the case), as well as «interim» attorney's fees for the other spouse in order to «level the playing field» during the litigation process.