Category: Family Law
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Imputed income rulings are routinely fantasy math
Family courts impute earning capacity using assumptions that often ignore actual labor markets. Here’s why imputed income rulings frequently miss reality.
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Legal fees are the real reason most divorces end the way they do
Divorce outcomes look like negotiated compromises. They’re more often driven by who runs out of money to pay legal fees first.
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Child support is treated as income for the recipient and that’s a problem
Child support is technically not income, but in practice it functions as one in benefits formulas, custody disputes, and tax reporting, with messy consequences.
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Sperm donor parental rights cases prove biology still beats intent in court
Courts keep ruling that biological fathers have parental rights even when contracts say otherwise. Here’s why intent-based parentage law keeps losing.
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Mediation is sold as healthy and quietly favors the more aggressive spouse
Divorce mediation is marketed as the kind alternative to court. The structure quietly rewards whichever spouse is more willing to push, and that isn’t always the right one.
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Collaborative divorce is mostly a marketing brand for expensive lawyers
Collaborative divorce promises a kinder, cheaper split. The branding is good. The fee structure and incentive design quietly favor the lawyers, not the couple.
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Court-ordered reunification therapy is junk science
Court-ordered reunification therapy promises to repair fractured parent-child bonds, but the evidence base is thin and the practice has alarming critics.