Blog Posts in 2019

Immigration Agencies and Electronic Device Searches

Federal Court Rules that Immigration Agencies’ Intrusive Searches of Cell Phones, Laptops is Unconstitutional. Last week, a United States federal court ruled that recent sweeping policies that permit United States Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to search personal cell phones, laptops, and other electronic devices is unconstitutional without ...

What is Considered Wasteful Dissipation?

When spouses get divorced, they get introduced to a whole host of new legal terminology as they wade through the process. One term you might have heard is “wasteful dissipation,” which is essentially the purposeful spending of marital assets in anticipation of a divorce. It can also include frivolous spending that only benefits the wasteful spouse. If you pursue a wasteful dissipation case against ...

Common Divorce Myths Debunked

If you spent some time talking to your friends and family about your divorce, you probably received a lot of interesting advice at this point, some of which might be wholly based on myths. Although their intentions are probably in the right place, divorce myths are so prevalent in our society that many people often cannot discern the difference between truth and myth, which means all the heartfelt ...

If My Spouse Had an Affair, Will it Impact the Divorce Settlement?

Cheating is, unfortunately, somewhat common in many marriages. According to the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 14% of women had an affair at least once throughout their marriage and 22% of men had an affair during their marriage. Although cheating can undoubtedly create problems and ultimately lead to the end of a marriage, it will not result in one spouse getting a better divorce ...