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Adoptive Parents and Workplace Rights
Adoption: it can be a daunting journey, but its conclusion – becoming a parent – is worth all the steps needed. Women in the workforce seeking to adopt a child have more resources available to them than they may know. As with any legal matter, it is vital to become educated in the process – and regarding your rights.
Hold the Pepperoni! Child Support Paid in Pizza?
This spring, a court in Italy ruled that a financially strapped chef can pay child support in the form of pizza in lieu of money. While this story might make us chuckle, anyone going through determination of child support knows it’s no laughing matter for the families involved. The more you know going into the courtroom, the better prepared you are to make sure the final determination of support will meet the needs of your children while also taking into consideration each party’s income. So, how is child support determined?
“Nesting” – Does It Count in Court and Is It Right for You?
Starting down the path to divorce is almost never easy. In addition to the emotional turmoil, there are the practical concerns, perhaps the most primary of which is where each spouse will live. When children are involved, this concern becomes even more urgent as children can be emotionally invested in the family home or there is a need to make the children feel less impacted by the transition resulting from an anticipated separation.
Why Sodoma Law York?
When Sodoma Law opened in 2008, my guiding vision was clear: to surround myself with tenacious, smart, compassionate legal professionals who really care about our clients like family. As we approach our 10th year together, we are…
3 Things Unmarried Parents Need to Know
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby…you know the rest. But for millions of unmarried parents, the middle section of the old nursery rhyme doesn’t apply: in 2013, there were 7...
6 Things Divorced People Want You To Know… But Will Never Tell You
If you find yourself headed for a split, you might have certain expectations about how the unraveling of your union will go. Will your vision match reality?
Think dating is hard? Try dating when you’re a divorce attorney
It’s hard enough being a single professional woman in the dating world. It’s even harder to be in the dating world as a divorce attorney. As a divorce attorney, I must maintain boundaries between my...
Amicable Divorce: Not Always an Oxymoron (just ask Ben & Jen)
Even if it doesn’t feel like a possibility at this moment, choosing a process for your separation and divorce that consciously looks to avoid the adversarial approach to dealing with all of the...
Sodoma Law Union receives Union County Chamber of Commerce Rising Star Award
A look behind Sodoma Law Union County’s front door. Sodoma Law headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, opened Sodoma Law Union, or as it is fondly referred to “SLU” on Monroe’s very own Main...
Good Night, and Good Luck: George Clooney Plans for Parenthood
Handsome bachelor meets gorgeous attorney. The match between George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin seemed to be made in heaven. They fell in love, were married by Clooney’s best friend, and settled into...