Family Law Facts

People often appear in my office and tell me that they are “common-law married.” Further conversation usually shows that they are not, in fact, married.

Divorce is a painful process. It represents the end of hopes and dreams, and there will be anger and grief.

For as long as I can remember, my father had a wooden sign hanging in his kitchen that said, “Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.” When I was growing up I never gave it much thought; my dad had silly signs all over his house, and this was just one of them.

There are many practicing attorneys—good, competent, ethical attorneys—who want nothing to do with family law. They say they don’t want to deal with the drama, the emotions.