Blog Posts in November, 2011

Thanksgiving - Where are You?

Has Thanksgiving been lost? Lost to cheap electronics, half-price clothing deals, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday? After passing this weekend finding infinitely more references in the press to the above as well as the debates and conundrums regarding the mid-night openings, it became apparent that Thanksgiving was indeed lost. It is lost in every respect, figuratively and literally. The question ...

Better (Not) Call Saul

One of the aims of the Cortez & Hoskovec, LLC blog is to present our readers with a better understanding of the legal process. Today’s bLAWg will delve into mind of the average attorney, with an emphasis on those of us who practice family law as a specialty. To put it another way, we want to establish a better understanding that attorneys are real human beings who expend a great deal of energy and ...

To Test or not to Test-that is the Question (and how it relates to Justin Bieber)

I presume all my readers know that paternity is determined these days through DNA testing, also referred to as genetic testing. Parentage isn’t questioned in every family law case, but when it is alleged I am certainly glad for a testing mechanism which achieves near-absolute certainty in my cases (~99.999%, as the tests assert). I can’t imagine dealing with the levels of uncertainty from the days ...

Another view on Mediation v. Litigation:

With this being Halloween, allow me to postulate a little on the realism of family law proceedings in Family Court. Without frightening our clients too much, I would compare family court (at times) to the vampires of lore. First, vampires cannot come into your home unless someone invites them. Once the vampire is in your home, you cannot force it to leave. And once it’s in, it can do things over ...

Getting the Custody Arrangement You Want...

Getting the exact custody arrangement you want can be as tricky as walking a tightrope over a pit of alligators. You really don’t want to mess it up. The consequences are severe and long-lasting. As we having been discussing in the Cortez & Hoskovec, LLC bLAWg over the past few weeks, your best prospects of obtaining the settlement you want in your own family law case may be through undertaking ...