More than a decade in the making, the newest Indiana parenting time guidelines have been adopted by the Indiana Supreme Court, and are formally in effect as of March 1.Our Gary child custody lawyers know that the updated version is child-focused and emphasizes parental cooperation in each child custody case. However, the high court stresses…
Continue reading ›In an eastern Indiana community, outside of Fort Wayne, law enforcement officials have made a series of arrests for possession, manufacturing, sale and distribution of methamphetamine.Our Hammond divorce lawyers might not take particular note of that, but for the fact that one of the individuals arrested during a traffic stop had her two-year-old child in…
Continue reading ›In an effort to streamline the way Indiana courts handle contentious child custody cases, the Indiana Supreme Court will convene next month to decide whether to adopt a 33-page set of new guidelines prepared by the Indiana Judicial Conference.The panel, comprised of state trial court judges, was charged with hammering out a plan that would…
Continue reading ›It was recently reported that Levi Johnston, ex-boyfriend of Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, is filing for sole custody of their 3-year-old after the child appeared on a reality television show using a homophobic slur, cursing and generally behaving badly.Our Munster child custody lawyers know that he will probably need more evidence than that – as…
Continue reading ›It may seem as if the divorce settlement reached by celebrities Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes was lightning fast, but our Indiana divorce lawyers understand that it had a lot to do with prior planning on Holmes’ part.Forming a solid divorce plan with your attorney before you ever file a single piece of paperwork or…
Continue reading ›Anyone who has worked through an Indiana child custody plan will tell you that there are a great deal of considerations and challenges.Those challenges can be magnified tenfold when one of the parents is actively serving in the military. Our Indiana child custody lawyers know that when a military member is frequently on active deployments,…
Continue reading ›Child custody cases in Indiana can be contentious no matter what the make-up of the family.However, Indiana child custody attorneys realize that there are unique challenges for families headed by a same-sex couple. Indiana is not among those states that has approved same-sex marriage, and it is not allowed under federal law according to the…
Continue reading ›Indiana divorce attorneys know that the whole process of separation and divorce is emotionally draining. Some days, it can seem a lot easier to just to check out – and not show up to court.Pennington v. Pennington illustrates why this is not a good idea in an Highland divorce case. This was a situation out…
Continue reading ›Indiana child custody attorneys wonder if sometimes, we give less say to children than they deserve.Of course, we know that child custody proceedings don’t always have to be acrimonious – and in fact, we do handle all of our cases with the recognition that these are children’s lives we’re talking about. And children, as we…
Continue reading ›Highland child support attorneys expect significant action in the area of child support modification orders after a new state law takes effect in July, which lowers the cutoff age for receiving support to 19. Lawmakers this year lowered the emancipation age from 21 to 19.Support for education expenses are exempted from the new law. The…
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