When Jeff Bezos and his now ex-wife, MacKenzie Tuttle, announced their divorce in early 2019, they made an enormous effort to ensure the public that it was an amicable, mutual decision. Despite tabloid reports of infidelity, Bezos and Tuttle maintained the public...
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Month: May 2020
Who keeps the ring after a broken engagement?
When you pop the question, you don’t think about the cost or the value of the ring. Instead, you imagine spending the rest of your life with your partner and how you will walk down the aisle with that person. However, some people never make it down the aisle. And if...
A child’s preference during a custody case
There are many ways to take children's preferences into account during contesting custody cases. If having a professional or court lead custody evaluation performed, the evaluator will usually speak with the child and may share the substance of those conversations...
Breaking up with pets is hard when going through a divorce
Even though many couples love and treat their pets like children, the state’s laws recognize animals as personal property. The family court does not typically award joint custody of pets as it does with children, and as a result, animals could suffer from a breakup...
