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COVID-19 has implicated almost every element of our daily lives, and complicated domestic situations and divorce are no exception. Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson partner Holly Rampy Baird appeared on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas to discuss how couples are moving forward with their divorce cases amidst the pandemic. View the interview here:
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Divorce can be a daunting and overwhelming thing. That said, it is important to properly prepare for such a life change. This involves organizing finances, estates, and selecting the best attorney for your needs. Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson partners Paula Bennett and Brad LaMorgese appeared on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas to discuss these steps […] More
The coronavirus has impacted many aspects of our daily lives. For some couples, the stay-at-home orders and the financial uncertainty may have caused a breaking point and a path toward divorce. Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson partners Keith Nelson and Brad LaMorgese appeared on WFAA’s Good Morning Texas to discuss what couples should consider when […] More
Are remote family courts really horribly cruel? Yesterday (4 June 2020), the BBC reported that remote hearing for family courts are ‘horribly cruel’. Since lockdown began, family hearings have been taking place remotely either via telephone or video link. In fact, from 23 March to 6 April, audio hearings across all courts and tribunals in […] More
Child custody orders are subject to modification when there has been a “material and substantial change in circumstances” and if it is “in the child’s best interests.” In a world rattled by COVID-19, it is hard to imagine living through a time when things have changed more materially and substantially from where we started in […] More
30 April 2020 Yesterday, Freddy McConnell lost his latest legal bid to be registered on the birth certificate as the father not the mother as the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal. Freddy was appealing against a decision made by a High Court judge that a person who carries and gives birth to a baby […] More
Family law news: It has been a week quite unlike any that most of us have experienced in our lives. Our liberties have been restricted in a way that would have been unimaginable only weeks ago. And this could just be the beginning of a very long haul. At a time like this family law […] More
I am reminded of the title of the seventeenth-century ballad The World Turned Upside Down. Following the daily news, it seems as if all the old certainties have been swept away by a small infectious agent that replicates inside the living cells of an organism. It is, of course, true that the Coronavirus will change […] More
