by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, divorce, ethics, lawyers
September 14, 2018 • By Dennis Beaver It is legal for a lawyer to secretly record a conversation with clients? How about a client, or a client’s friend, making the recording and not informing the lawyer? If you’re thinking, “President Trump and his former lawyer,...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law, marriage, parenting
May 10, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver The last thing a loving grandmother could ever imagine is being falsely accused by her grandson of molesting him. Grandparents are supposed to love and spoil their grandchildren. It is one of the greatest feelings you can ever have, to...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, divorce
July 31, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver California Superior Courts report that an incredible 90 percent of divorces are now being handled by at least one of the parties without a lawyer, in Pro Per. Frequently cited reasons are that we are too...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law, lawyers
December 6, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Across California and much of the country, over 70 percent of all divorce and family-law related matters are being handled entirely by the parties themselves as a pro per–or pro se as it is called in some states. However, as any...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
January 27, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver “I am going through a horrible divorce,” Kim’s email began, “and the meet and confer session at my lawyer’s office was a nightmare. We were all supposed to discuss a possible settlement of property, child custody issues, exchange...
by Dennis Beaver | attorney, divorce, family law, judges, marriage
November 12, 2024 • By Dennis Beaver How deeply into the daily lives of couples should family law judges venture? That was the ultimate question from a reader in a situation that, despite “living” in divorce court for many years, I had never been asked. For anyone...
