Louisiana is a community property state. What that means is that, generally speaking, property accumulated during a marriage is considered equally owned by both spouses. If a couple divorces, that community property can most likely be expected to be divided by the...
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Study looked at role of marriage in family stability
There's an old jump rope chant that some Louisiana readers may recall that talks about the normal course relationships often follow. First comes love; then comes marriage; then comes baby in a baby carriage. That model is still held up by some as ideal. But it's not...
‘It takes a village’ applies for enforcing restraining orders
A common point of view about restraining orders is that they are not worth much. A judge in a court signs a document that orders an abusive partner to stay away. That bears some legal weight. But it is not the same as putting the threatened person into protective...
What effect might an Ashley Madison account have in divorce?
There was a nearly audible nationwide gasp earlier this summer when the story broke that hackers had gotten hold of and released contact information about users of the Ashley Madison website. Some of those catch breaths surely came from people who couldn't believe...
What effect does government assistance have on child support?
It's widely estimated that nearly half of all marriages end in divorce. Very often, those couples are parents. It is also generally estimated that a quarter of all children are born to single parents. That being said, it should come as little surprise that control and...
What constitutes domestic violence under Louisiana law?
What is the number one health concern in the country today? According to the U.S. Surgeon General, it's domestic violence. That might surprise a lot of readers in Louisiana, but all you have to do is look at the daily headlines to see that the issue is one worthy of...
Baby conceived through surrogacy in legal custody limbo
It may be possible for a single man or woman in Louisiana to become a parent if they want to by virtue of artificial reproductive technologies. That does not mean that the code of family law is always prepared to accept the reality. It is in such situations where...
529 college accounts can be tricky in divorce
It used to be the norm in Louisiana and the rest of the country that a child graduated from high school and was considered emancipated from the parents. That was before having a college education was deemed essential for long-term success. Then again, today, there are...
Suit over ‘stolen’ semen may be unprecedented
A Harris County civil court jury may have broken some new legal ground last week in a case that likely will have some significant implications for family law in Texas. At the heart of the case were two claims made by a Louisiana man. First, the man said that an...
Technology aims to tie together loose divorced family strings
The pace at which we put our computers to work to help solve the most niggling aspects of our complicated lives is astounding. Even if you are a relative Luddite, chances are you have succumbed in some way to the technological revolution that is going on around us. It...