by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
February 10, 2007 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In Law school, third year students are cautioned about the dangers of representing friends or family. “If they have a weak case, or are clearly in the wrong, it will be difficult for you to tell them...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, lawyers
January 07, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Part 1 “I am in the middle of a horrible divorce where we are spending huge amounts of time on trying to come to agreement on the value of all the things acquired over a 20-year marriage,” Mary...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, pets
December 03, 2009 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver One of the strangest “family law” cases I have ever dealt with involved the custody of 13 cats, owned by a high school teacher and her pharmacist husband. They were a childless couple with an...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
August 7, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Mr. Beaver, several years ago you wrote a story about a family going through a divorce where the mother and her lawyer did all they could to destroy the children’s relationship with their father. I kept it, fearful that something...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, pets
November 3, 2017 • By Dennis Beaver When mommy and daddy bring home a puppy for the kids or a young couple starting out in married life get a dog, a new chapter of love is brought into the home. “But what happens if they divorce? Who keeps the family pet?” asks...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
July 31, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Darling, Just Sign These Papers.” “We plan on filing for divorce soon,” “Benny’s” email stated. “There are some papers my wife, “Laura” wants me to sign. Could you tell me what they are all about?” “She is financially irresponsible....
