Experience Matters: Over 160 Combined Years Of Legal Insight
The burgeoning baby boomer population in the U.S. has created an environment where the divorce rate has accelerated for people over the age of 50, and has significantly impacted how the over 50 crowd deals with issues of retirement and support. A late-in-life divorce puts divorcing couples in the unenviable position of having to divide a marital estate often accumulated…
A New Jersey lower court judge has ruled that in a circumstance where an unemancipated child over the age of 18 has shown sufficient maturity and financial sophistication, a non-custodial parent may fulfill some of his child support obligation by paying some of the money directly to the child. The case involved a 21-year-old child whose father was required to…
Last summer, we posted a blog entitled “Polyamorous Marriage: The Next Frontier of Domestic Relations?” in which we discussed the wide ranging impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. In that blog, we suggested that proponents of polygamy would likely use Obergefell in pursuit of a constitutionally recognized…
Pecos Law Group is pleased to announce that Attorney Shann D. Winesett has been elected by his peers to the Executive Council for Family Law Section of the Nevada State Bar. As part of the Executive Council, Mr. Winesett will assist State Bar in the implementation of programs, policies, standardizations and guidelines in the field of family law. He will…
A recent Wall Street Journal highlighted the increasing use of “postnuptial agreements.” Postnuptial agreements are similar to prenuptial agreements but they are entered into between spouses after marriage, rather than before. The scope of what a postnuptial agreement may accomplish is more limited than a prenuptial agreement and the enforcement is more scrutinized by the courts than prenuptial agreements. Postnuptial…
A wise family lawyer once said, “Angels don’t marry devils.” Through this comment the lawyer made clear that there are two sides to every divorce and that, in most family law cases, neither party is free of wrong doing. But, is the statement true? Do angels avoid pairing with devils? Scanning data from the US Census Bureau’s 2014 American Community…
Pecos Law Group is pleased to announce that Joseph W. Riccio has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Joe Riccio is from Thousand Oaks, California, and has resided in Las Vegas since 2007. Joe graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law in 2007 and has been a member of the State Bar of Nevada since 2008.…
When singer Katy Perry famously ended her marriage with comedian husband Russell Brand in a tumultuous divorce, she didn’t wallow in self-doubt and depression. Instead, Katy converted all of the negative energy into her hit song, “Roar.” In an interview with BBC Radio, Katy admitted that she wrote the song because she was sick of keeping all the negative feelings…
In a decision substantially at odds with prevailing law in Nevada under the Rodriguez case, the Court of Appeals of South Carolina affirmed a lower court ruling that a wife’s claim for alimony was properly denied when her husband established her infidelity by a clear preponderance of the evidence. In the South Carolina divorce case of Mick-Staggs v. Skaggs, a…
Time and again, we at the Pecos Law Group are asked to attempt to set aside a divorce settlement that has already been ratified by the family court. We are constantly amazed that these agreements, which can span a lifetime, are reached without the advice of counsel. Typically husbands, who believe they don’t need the advice of a “shyster,” go…