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Divorce; Child Support; Contempt; Arrearages; New Trial (Husband) |
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An ex-husband had accepted custody of his children from his ex-wife when the children became teenagers, and he discontinued his child support payments to her. Unfortunately, he did not petition the court to obtain approval of the custody change. Years later, the ex-wife had him held in contempt and he was ordered by a judge to pay his former wife $180,000 in child support arrearages. The Firm was retained by the ex-husband and a motion for a new trial was filed. At a hearing, the Firm convinced the Judge that the Judge had applied the wrong legal principles in arriving at the earlier judgment, and the Judge reversed the contempt ruling and granted a new trial for the Client. The matter was then settled without the expense of a trial and the case against the Client was dismissed. |
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Child Support; Modifications; Special Needs Child (Wife) |
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When a Client who had been represented by another law firm in her divorce received a poor settlement, the Firm filed a new suit on her behalf against her celebrity entertainer ex-husband. Based on proof of the entertainer’s significant increase in income, and the special education needs of one of their children, the Firm obtained a significant upward modification of the Client’s previous divorce settlement. |
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Pre-Nuptial Agreement; Negotiations; Division of Assets (Wife) |
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The Firm negotiated a pre-nuptial agreement on behalf of a wealthy widow who was planning to re-marry. Several months later, the marriage unfortunately failed, but the pre-nuptial agreement withstood an attack by the husband and the widow was able to preserve her assets. |
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Annulment; Child Support; Bigamy (Husband) |
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The Client’s psychologist referred him to the Firm to obtain an annulment of his bigamous marriage to his second wife. The second marriage resulted from his mistress pressuring the Client to divorce his wife and marry her, which prompted the Client to falsify a divorce decree to satisfy the mistress; he then went through a bigamous “marriage” ceremony with her. The Firm obtained the annulment, persuaded the District Attorney not to prosecute, and the Client continued his marital relationship with his first wife. |
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Division of Stock Portfolio; Real Estate Investments; Lifetime Alimony (Wife) |
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The wife of the CFO of a high-tech computer firm suspected her husband was having multiple affairs but she was fearful of losing the lifestyle she and her children enjoyed. The Firm hired an investigative team who obtained convincing evidence of infidelity, and then filed suit for divorce and negotiated a quick settlement granting the wife the residence, half of the stock and real estate investments, and significant monthly alimony payments for the rest of her life. |
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