Over our many years in practice, we have found that various circumstances may cause one client’s bill to be higher than that of another client. When we sat down and analyzed it,… CONTINUE
How Does One Get a Legal Separation?
Many times people state that they want a legal separation because it is believed to be quicker and cheaper than a divorce. Usually, once we’ve explained how the legal separation… CONTINUE
What Is a Dower Interest?
Dower interest is an ancient concept in which each spouse has an interest in the other spouse’s real estate. Typically, it was the wife’s interest (‘dower’ indicates the concept of… CONTINUE
The Difference Between Legal Separation and Divorce
With legal separation, your assets and liabilities are divided as they would be in termination of marriage by divorce or dissolution. Issues of custody, child support and spousal support are… CONTINUE
Real Estate Disclosures: Warranties and Representations
When you are representing the buyer, do you ever insist on the warranties and representations? More so, we recommend doing this on the commercial end than the residential end. However,… CONTINUE
Closing an Offer
“Closing an offer” means that written offers and counter-offers finally resulted in an unequivocal written acceptance by one of the parties. At that point you have a contract for the… CONTINUE
Our Services to Sellers of Real Estate
We have represented numerous sellers of real estate when the real estate is FSBO (For Sale By Owner). The seller then doesn’t have to pay a real estate agent’s commission…. CONTINUE
Do I Need a Lawyer for a Real Estate Transaction if I Have a Real Estate Broker or a Real Estate Agent?
Yes. Your broker has a specific role. That role is to get you the best price, either the lowest price if you are the buyer, or the highest price if… CONTINUE
LGBT Dissolution: The Heart of the Case is Humanity
I remember years back when this was the case that became the reported case on issues of same-sex parenting, my client came to me and asked me if it would… CONTINUE
Are LGBT Cases Unique With Respect to Marital Property Division?
We all stand before the court equally. The ability to get married is now an equal ability, and now the ability to be miserable in the marriage is an equal… CONTINUE