Ask a Divorce Lawyer: My wife and I both have restraining orders. What are my options for seeing my kids?

Question: My wife and I had a horrible break up. She began seeing another man. After my wife and I had a few very heated arguments, she left with our three children camping for almost a full week with the man in question. The next day (after I took the …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Is it abandonment if I leave my 17-year-old with her older sister but still pay for her needs?

Question: I am in the process of a divorce and my wife left me and my daughter in Tennessee. My daughter will be 18 in March. I was hired for a job out of state and I am due to leave by my daughter’s 18th birthday. She is still in …

Money Made Easy: The American Dream

Dan Danford, host of Money Made Easy, has heard people lament that The American Dream is dead; that future generations won’t have it as good as we did. Well, he’s here to tell you it’s not true. Danford, MBA, CRSP of Family Investment Center, uses his own 30 years of …

An in-depth look at custody and the battle between Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston (Part 3)

By Erica Christian Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Milwaukee office Note: This is Part 3 of a series of articles focusing on the Bristol Palin/Levi Johnston custody battle. Click here to read Part 1 and click here to read Part 2. What about while the case is pending? Paternity cases …

Joseph Cordell appears on The Matt & Ramona Show

Joseph Cordell, Principal Partner of Cordell & Cordell, P.C., a firm focusing on men in divorce, appeared on nationally syndicated radio program The Matt & Ramona Show to discuss common issues of divorce. Cordell answered questions from listeners and dispensed advice on a number of topics, including maintenance, documentation, the …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Do I have a better chance of modifying my child support now due to the economic environment?

Question: I was laid off in June 2009 from the paper industry and filed for a modification to child support. The ex is fighting this modification saying I should continue paying the same support based on the $90,000 a year I made. There are no jobs in the paper industry …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Can the court force one of us out of our mutually-owned home?

Question: Can one spouse be forced out of a mutually-owned house before, during or even after the divorce process? We are in the process of getting a divorce and neither of us wants to leave and essentially give up this house.

An in-depth look at custody and the battle between Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston (Part 2)

By Erica Christian Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Milwaukee office Note: This is Part 2 of a series of articles focusing on the Bristol Palin/Levi Johnston custody battle. Click here to read Part 1 and click here to read Part 3. What are his rights? News of the breakup allegedly …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: What can I do to change the proposed condition in our divorce?

Question: What can I do to change the proposed condition in our divorce? She filed for divorce claiming that I have caused our family to break apart because of a gambling issue, our financial problems, and many disagreements. I admitted my mistakes and signed the divorce papers without disagreeing to …

Ask a Divorce Lawyer: Does it take both parties to complete a divorce?

Question: My wife had an affair and I would like to divorce her. Can I complete the divorce paperwork without her participation? Or does she need to sign the agreement or be involved in any way for the divorce to happen? Does it take both parties?