Sentences with phrase «than divorce court»

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In England where they have created their own Sharia courts to resolve conflicts, divorces, etc rather than the court that the rest of the citizens use.

On the other hand, it's possible that women are more likely to initiate divorce than men because in the divorce court, especially where children are involved, the odds are in the female's favour.

Obviously wives need a few more skills than that, and when it comes to divorce, those desirable wifely attributes often have no monetary worth in court of public sentiment — just ask newly divorced multimillionaire Jamie Cooper - Hohn).

I am hopeful for a day when the concept of baby courts trickles down to divorce and child custody decisions, and now believe that day will come sooner than later.

Converting to being an independent state would be much harder than joining the EU once it achieved independence status and it worked out all of the necessary «divorce» arrangements with the U.K. And, that job would be made easier than it might be by its already substantial legal autonomy with its own legal system (except for the U.K. Supreme Court), its own legislature, etc..

I believe in educaton, prevention and treatment rather than immediate criminal prosecution especially on bogus allegations that are used as tactics in Family and Divorce Courts in NYC.

In a recent study by economics professors at Emory University, men who spent $ 2,000 to $ 4,000 on an engagement ring were 1.3 times more likely to go divorce court than those who plucked down $ 500 to $ 2,000 on the ring.

I'm going to tell you 12 ways to lose $ 1 million — it's much easier than going to divorce court.

Dr. Sarkis suggests that rather than maintaining the conflict through the court system, parents engage in alternative dispute resolution methods such as collaborative divorce.

He made reference to a recent study which revealed that notwithstanding the existing powers of the court, husbands tend to make a far stronger economic recovery from divorce than wives.

Czekaj Dusharm LLC understands that the courts are more likely to consider certain modifications to a divorce agreement than others.

For more than 20 years, the New York Child Support Standards Act (CSSA) has taken a great deal of the guesswork out of the determination of child support payments in Supreme Court divorce actions and Family Court custody and paternity petitions.

Disappointingly, the court did not review the first instance cases which had followed Miller; McFarlane — Rossi v Rossi [2006] EWHC 1482 (Fam), [2006] 3 FCR 271, S v S [2006] EWHC 2339 (Fam), [2006] All ER (D) 118 (Oct), S v S (divorce: distribution of assets)[2006] EWHC 2793 (Fam), [2006] All ER (D) 137 (Nov) and P v P — indeed none (other than S v S (divorce: distribution of assets)-RRB- was even referred to.

The length of time needed for a collaborative divorce is often substantially less than that of the traditional divorce process, where the parties are at the mercy of the court's schedule.

This case demonstrates that when a parent going through the divorce process in Arizona decides to move more than 100 miles within the state from their current residence with their child, they must obtain an agreement with the other parent or a court order.

The following passage of an article from the Collaborative Divorce Institute of Tampa Bay discusses a collaborative law agreement, how parties are encouraged to settle rather than institute a court action, and the differences between collaborative divorce and medDivorce Institute of Tampa Bay discusses a collaborative law agreement, how parties are encouraged to settle rather than institute a court action, and the differences between collaborative divorce and meddivorce and mediation:

During divorce proceedings, you will be required to fill out and file more than one type of divorce form, as well as sign a number of forms as decreed by the court system.

I just think more people need to seriously consider the family - focused process of collaborative divorce rather than fight it out in the court system.»

Dispute resolution law revolves around resolving disputes in and out of court, from divorces to evictions, and from partnerships to breach of contract, but also on much larger matters than span over several jurisdictions and cover several parties.

For decades, everybody knew there had to be a better way to separate and divorce than using the courts.

He strongly felt that divorce did not belong in the court system: decisions about where children should sleep at night should be made by the parents, and discussions of financial issues should happen around a private conference room table rather than in a public courtroom.

Collaborative Divorce has become more common here in Tampa Bay as families and attorneys realize that the court system should be seen as a forum of last resort, rather than first resort, to resolve personal issues.

However, the court refused to see the mother's actions as forum shopping, since the French divorce proceeding had been dismissed for want of prosecution and the mother had been living in Chicago for more than a year prior to filing the state court action at issue.

In some states, however, courts value these assets at the date of divorce rather than the date of separation; check with a local family law attorney to find out how your state's courts value assets during a divorce.

Collaborative Divorce is a way of reaching resolution with the parties by the attorneys for both parties using cooperative strategies rather than adversarial techniques and court proceedings.

If you're seeking alimony, you need to understand that divorce law has evolved to a point where a court is less likely to award long - term alimony than in the past.

Because the family court awarded Wife retroactive alimony on its own initiative more than ten days after the final decree of divorce, we find the family court erred in awarding Wife retroactive alimony.

As an active member of AFCC, the international association of family court professionals, Craig has gained perspective and understanding from disciplines other than law about the impact of separation, divorce, and parental conflict on children and parents.

If on divorce the parties can not agree to share the assets and property from the marriage than one of them will have to apply to the court for financial orders.

It is usually less acrimonious to attempt to resolve your divorce through a separation agreement and negotiation than to entirely attempt this through court.

Even for an uncontested divorce the courts may require more than a dozen different documents.

Sometimes however, you have no other option than to litigate your divorce in the courts.

In addition, by coming to an agreement outside of court, couples have more of a say in the final provisions in the divorce, rather than leaving it all up to a judge.

Along with it being much more cooperative and positive than going to court, a collaborative divorce can take less time and cost less money than a traditional divorce.

Furthermore, a mediated divorce is usually much less expensive and takes considerably less time to complete than a traditional divorce settled in court.

Finally, he asserts that the late disclosure of these bills — on the financial declaration Wife provided to the court the day of the final hearing — prevented him from asserting various defenses, including (1) that some of the bills were for expenses incurred by Wife after the date of filing of her divorce action, (2) that the statute of limitations may have expired on some of the expenses, and (3) that the medical providers may have been willing to compromise on some of the expenses for less than their face value.

I would like to have a firm principle that fraud unravels all; if you find that there has been fraud in a divorce settlement or in a court hearing, that unpicks the whole lot and you start afresh, you get to have another look at it and more than that, there are penalties for those who deceive the courts.

The court system is expensive, stressful to everyone involved (including the attorneys), and ultimately assists in tearing families apart rather than helping them to peacefully resolve their divorce.

Of course, rather than engage in a court battle and having a judge decide a time - sharing schedule, most family law professionals (including myself) will tell you that it is much better for the parents to agree on a time - sharing schedule through a private divorce resolution method such as collaborative divorce.

However, an annulment is a legal proceeding that goes one step further than a divorce by declaring (through a court order) that a marriage is invalid or void.

Most of the judges» time is taken up with the subsidiary issues of what is known as «ancillary relief» rather than divorce itself, Munby said in his latest published commentary on the state of the family courts.

After no less than 60 days, the court will enter a decree of divorce.

The number of divorced people returning to court to claim more money from their ex has more than doubled in the past year.

This week Sir James Munby, the head of the family court, stated that consideration should be given to the process of divorce being dealt with by a «registrar of births, deaths, marriages and divorce» rather than by Judges and for there to be an introduction of «no - fault» divorce.

Applications for the division of property after divorce can be made to the Family Court or to the Federal Magistrates Court where a property dispute is worth less than $ 700,000.

A contested divorce case in New York, one which involves court intervention to resolve, takes considerably longer — and obviously costs much more — than an uncontested divorce.

It seems the English courts were used as it was thought divorces would be easier to obtain here than in their home countries.

Since the court is not called upon to resolve disputes between the parties, the cost of a negotiated settlement may be substantially less than a litigated divorce.

Based on court statistics, his office files more uncontested divorces than any other law firm in New York.

In divorce mediation, not only do the parties determine the outcome of their agreements concerning their property and family (rather than the court making orders), they may also dictate the pace at which they complete their matter.