Family Law Blog

James Chau

Jan 4, 20081 min read

Divorce in 20 Minutes?

Apparently in Cuba, Divorce can be completed in a matter of 20 minutes. The Associated Press is reporting that in communist Cuba, where...

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James Chau

Dec 9, 20071 min read

No Divorce in Rhode Island for Same Sex Couples

So the legal limbo that started when Massachusetts became the only state in the union to legalize same sex marriage is continuing to...

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James Chau

Nov 28, 20071 min read

International Child Support

It’s a shame that laws have to be in place forcing people to pay for the support and maintenance of their children. As a news story is...

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James Chau

Nov 9, 20071 min read

A New Tort for Parental Alienation

I just read this from the AP Press New Jersey. Apparently a man is attempting to create precedent in the Civil Courts, by filing a civil...

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James Chau

Oct 30, 20072 min read

Divorce in Ireland - Not so easy.

For as much as people complain about how slow the bureaucracy is here in the U.S. and how long a divorce proceeding takes, thank goodness...

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James Chau

Oct 29, 20071 min read

No Longer the 7 Year Itch. How bout 5 Years?

Apparently as our faced paced society goes faster, and faster towards what we know not. Was it inevitable that the classic cliche of the...

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James Chau

Oct 25, 20072 min read

Should Alimony Stop when Former Spouse enteres a Domestic Partnership?

So inevitably, this would happen, because of California’s difficulty with treating same sex couples as separate but equal, the...

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James Chau

Oct 24, 20071 min read

Domestic Violence and the Koran

In an unexplicable case of cultural sensitivity gone awry, a German family court judge has cited passages from the Koran, which uphold a...

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James Chau

Oct 20, 20071 min read

Real Life War of the Roses

So I read in the New York Post, that a real life version of the war of the roses is ocurring in Brooklyn New York. The former couple went...

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James Chau

Oct 16, 20071 min read

Child Support Arrears and Passports

The associated press is reporting that. In another method the US government is employing to get parents to pay child support, the US...

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James Chau

Oct 15, 20071 min read

Alimony / Spousal Support after Sex Reassignment

Apparently, recent case law in Ohio, regarding alimony at least, has ruled that a sex change does not alter an agreement to pay spousal...

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James Chau

Oct 12, 20071 min read

Bad Marriage Bad For Health

A New York Times article is stating that a bad marriage may raise your heart disease risk. This seems in line with previous reports which...

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